The Meathook Massacre
The Meathook Massacre: Legendary Enchantment, Innistrad Remastered. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered (INR)
- Released
- 2025-01-24
- Collector number
- 122
- Artist
- Chris Seaman
- Commander rank
- 509 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About The Meathook Massacre
The Meathook Massacre is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black legendary enchantment from Innistrad Remastered (INR), a Masters set released in January 2025. It is collector number 122 in that set, with art by Chris Seaman. It costs {X}{B}{B} (X and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 6 sets, from The List (2020) to Innistrad Remastered (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $27.48 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $27.48 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Meathook Massacre 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 |
Other printings of The Meathook Massacre
The Meathook Massacre has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #93958 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #387 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #486 | Mythic | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #MID-112 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #112 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #112 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #348 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #112p | Mythic | 2021 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #112s | Mythic | 2021 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to The Meathook Massacre.
- If The Meathook Massacre enters the battlefield and it wasn't cast (or it was cast without paying its mana cost), X will be 0. The first ability will trigger, but it won't be much of a massacre.
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