---
name: "Saw in Half"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "1755"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "eea18c55-8695-4ba1-9b38-3e7638692f5f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/saw-in-half-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Saw in Half
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Halving Season](/printing/halving-season-mb2.md) — Enchantment
2. [Broken Visage](/printing/broken-visage-5ed.md) — Instant
3. [Beast Within](/printing/beast-within-who.md) — Instant
4. [Split the Party](/printing/split-the-party-afr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Splinter Twin](/printing/splinter-twin-roe.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Ember Island Production](/printing/ember-island-production-tla.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1755
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 14 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`