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Slum Reaper

Creature — Horror3 generic manaBlack mana

The Fleshbag Marauder template, stretched onto a bigger body and a higher curve. The whole family runs on the same edict logic: instead of targeting a creature (which an opponent can protect, hex, or hide behind shroud), it forces each player to sacrifice one of their own, sidestepping every form of targeted protection at the cost of letting the controller pick the chaff to throw away. That symmetry is the price. You sacrifice too, so the card wants a board where your worst creature is genuinely worse than your opponent's best, or a token to feed the trigger so the trade lands one-sided. Note the trap in the symmetry: if this is your only creature when the trigger resolves, you sacrifice it to itself, so the body's relevance depends on having something else to spare. The 4/2 is the wrinkle that distinguishes it from the leaner edict bodies: it is a genuine clock and a meaningful attacker once the dust settles, not just a one-time sacrifice on legs. Pair the entry trigger with any reanimation or flicker and the edict becomes repeatable, which is where these effects historically earn their keep: as a recurring tax on an opponent's single threat rather than a one-time exchange. The body trades downward fast (two toughness dies to almost anything), but that fragility is consistent with the design's intent, which has never been about the creature surviving so much as the moment it arrives.

Slum Reaper (bbd)
BBD · #160uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.07
Foil: $0.69
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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