---
name: "The Meathook Massacre"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Enchantment"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chris Seaman"
oracle_id: "127de52b-df75-4342-95a0-20d84c5bf916"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-meathook-massacre-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Meathook Massacre
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Enchantment

## Oracle Text
When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Meathook Massacre II](/printing/meathook-massacre-ii-dsk.md) — Legendary Enchantment
2. [Massacre Wurm](/printing/massacre-wurm-fdn.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
3. [Massacre Girl](/printing/massacre-girl-dsc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
4. [Death Frenzy](/printing/death-frenzy-ktk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Massacre Girl, Known Killer](/printing/massacre-girl-known-killer-ecc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
6. [Spirit of Malevolence](/printing/spirit-of-malevolence-m21.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #122
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chris Seaman

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-09-24)* If The Meathook Massacre enters the battlefield and it wasn't cast (or it was cast without paying its mana cost), X will be 0. The first ability will trigger, but it won't be much of a massacre.