Slaughter the Strong
Slaughter the Strong: Sorcery, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 131
- Artist
- Randy Vargas
- Commander rank
- 2,353 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Slaughter the Strong
Slaughter the Strong is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white sorcery from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 131 in that set, with art by Randy Vargas. It costs {1}{W}{W} (one generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Rivals of Ixalan (2018) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.
"Cut the beasts out from under them and their strength is nothing." -Vona of Iedo, Butcher of Magan
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Slaughter the Strong by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Slaughter the Strong
Slaughter the Strong has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CMR-48 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #43 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #48 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #22p | Rare | 2018 |
| Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #22s | Rare | 2018 |
| Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #22 | Rare | 2018 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Slaughter the Strong, newest first.
- If a creature's power is somehow less than 0, it subtracts from the total power of the other creatures its controller chooses. This can cause creatures with power 5 or greater to survive.
- As Slaughter the Strong resolves, first the player whose turn it is chooses which creatures will be spared, then each other player in turn order does the same knowing the choices made before them. Then all the creatures not chosen are sacrificed simultaneously.
- Slaughter the Strong has each player choose any number of creatures and then checks that the total power of creatures each player chose this way is 4 or less. For example, you could save two 2/2 creatures, or a 1/1 and a 3/3 creature, but not all four of those creatures.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Slaughter the Strong is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.