---
name: "Sever the Bloodline"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "C15"
set_name: "Commander 2015"
collector_number: "136"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Clint Cearley"
oracle_id: "b9019332-2f02-48d9-be0a-a2b41b79e136"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sever-the-bloodline-c15"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sever the Bloodline
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature.
Flashback {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eradicate](/printing/eradicate-bok.md) — Sorcery
2. [Legion's End](/printing/legions-end-pm20.md) — Sorcery
3. [Declaration in Stone](/printing/declaration-in-stone-ncc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Kindred Dominance](/printing/kindred-dominance-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Infinite Obliteration](/printing/infinite-obliteration-ori.md) — Sorcery
6. [Maelstrom Pulse](/printing/maelstrom-pulse-fdn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2015 (C15) #136
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Clint Cearley
- **Total Printings:** 37 across all historical editions

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