---
name: "Avatar of Slaughter"
mana_cost: "{6}{R}{R}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Creature — Avatar"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "CMD"
set_name: "Commander 2011"
collector_number: "111"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "2fc6305e-e75e-478a-826b-49f655ed832c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/avatar-of-slaughter-cmd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Avatar of Slaughter
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{R}{R}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Creature — Avatar

## Oracle Text
All creatures have double strike and attack each combat if able.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Berserkers' Onslaught](/printing/berserkers-onslaught-dtk.md) — Enchantment
2. [Rage Reflection](/printing/rage-reflection-2xm.md) — Enchantment
3. [Avenging Huntbonder](/printing/avenging-huntbonder-ncc.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Fury Sliver](/printing/fury-sliver-tsr.md) — Creature — Sliver
5. [Viashino Slaughtermaster](/printing/viashino-slaughtermaster-mm2.md) — Creature — Lizard Warrior
6. [Boldwyr Aggressor](/printing/boldwyr-aggressor-ecl.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2011 (CMD) #111
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2011-09-22)* If, during a player's declare attackers step, a creature is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under that player's control continuously since the turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack, the player isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.