---
name: "Slaughter Games"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "RTR"
set_name: "Return to Ravnica"
collector_number: "197"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steve Prescott"
oracle_id: "c38c7899-b774-489b-9eb7-084522635a3f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slaughter-games-rtr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Slaughter Games
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
This spell can't be countered.
Choose a nonland card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memoricide](/printing/memoricide-prm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ancient Vendetta](/printing/ancient-vendetta-dft.md) — Sorcery
3. [Infinite Obliteration](/printing/infinite-obliteration-ori.md) — Sorcery
4. [Cranial Extraction](/printing/cranial-extraction-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
5. [Counterbore](/printing/counterbore-dpa.md) — Instant
6. [Unmoored Ego](/printing/unmoored-ego-pgrn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Return to Ravnica (RTR) #197
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steve Prescott
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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