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Sever the Bloodline

{3}{B}

Sorcery

ISDInnistrad#115rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1985
Illustrator
Clint Cearley
Found in
Innistrad MTGO Redemption · Innistrad MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings9
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.)
Flashback

Plays as: Exile Removal · Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-3.8%
$0.25
$0.05 low$0.02 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.25
$0.23 low$0.15 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.10· across 9 printings

Rulings

13 · latest Jan 24, 2025 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 24, 2025

    If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Sever the Bloodline tries to resolve, the spell won’t resolve. You won’t exile any creatures at all.

  • WotCJan 24, 2025

    Sever the Bloodline has only one target. Other creatures with the same name will be exiled even if they have hexproof or protection.

  • WotCJan 24, 2025

    Unless a token is a copy of another permanent or was explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, its name is the subtypes it was given when it was created plus the word “Token.” For example, if an effect creates a 1/1 Soldier creature token, that token is named “Soldier Token.”

  • WotCJun 10, 2022

    Unless a token is a copy of another permanent or was explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, its name is the subtypes it was given when it was created plus the word "Token." For example, if an effect creates a 1/1 Soldier creature token, that token is named "Soldier Token."

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

  • WotCMar 14, 2017

    A double-faced creature only has the name of the face that's up. For example, if Village Ironsmith is targeted by Sever the Bloodline, Ironfang wouldn't be exiled.

  • WotCMar 14, 2017

    If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time Sever the Bloodline resolves, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No creatures will be exiled.

  • WotCMar 14, 2017

    Only creatures on the battlefield will be exiled. In other zones, they're "creature cards," not "creatures."