---
name: "Cleaver Blow"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MB2"
set_name: "Mystery Booster 2"
collector_number: "542"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Drew Moss"
oracle_id: "fd92bb50-de99-4f07-ad61-defc4b68515c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cleaver-blow-mb2"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cleaver Blow
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Multicleave {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell. For each time you do, choose a paired set of square brackets and remove the words in between.)
Destroy target [nonblack] creature [with mana value 3 or less] [an opponent controls]. You [and its controller each] draw a card [and lose 2 life]. Create a [tapped] 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Path of Peril](/printing/path-of-peril-vow.md) — Sorcery
2. [Fierce Retribution](/printing/fierce-retribution-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Parasitic Grasp](/printing/parasitic-grasp-vow.md) — Instant
4. [Requiting Hex](/printing/requiting-hex-ecl.md) — Instant
5. [Eliminate](/printing/eliminate-m21.md) — Instant
6. [Soul Reap](/printing/soul-reap-eve.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #542
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Drew Moss

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