Double Cleave
Instant
Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #15615
Double Cleave gives a creature double strike until end of turn for two mana — immediate, unconditional combat doubling that works on anything attacking right now. It's a niche card, but in the right shell it punches well above its cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Ferrous Rokiric
General Ferrous Rokiric triggers off every multicolored spell, and Double Cleave is exactly that — cast it mid-combat to turn one of Rokiric's Golems into a double-strike threat while simultaneously generating another token to pressure the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Double Cleave sees the most play in Commander, where combat tricks are generally underpowered but commanders with power-doubling effects or voltron strategies make it worth the slot. In Pauper it's legal and occasionally appears in aggressive red-white builds that close games through damage multiplication rather than card advantage. Legacy and Vintage give it access to the most broken creatures imaginable, but those formats rarely want to spend two mana on a combat trick when they can just win another way. Double Cleave is a Commander card first — the multiplayer format's slower pace and the density of commanders that reward combat math are the conditions it needs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
Double Cleave sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.19, and there's no pressure moving it higher — it's a narrow combat trick with limited competitive crossover. Grab it without thinking twice; the price is irrelevant at this level.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.