Lacerate Flesh
Sorcery
Lacerate Flesh deals 4 damage to target creature. Create a number of Blood tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt to that creature this way. (They're artifacts with "
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, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #20446
Lacerate Flesh deals damage to a creature equal to the number of cards in your hand, then replaces itself — so at four cards in hand it's already a four-damage instant that draws a card for two mana. The ceiling is real, but the floor is embarrassing: with two cards in hand it's a two-damage cantrip, and any competent creature survives that.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lacerate Flesh lands in hand-size-matters builds — Reliquary Tower and Thought Vessel strategies that routinely hold eight or more cards make this a cheap, cantripping removal spell that punches above its mana cost. Outside of those shells it competes against unconditional removal options and mostly loses. In Pauper, where hand-size payoffs are rarer and removal is judged on efficiency alone, it's too inconsistent to earn a slot. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have enough better options at the same cost that Lacerate Flesh is a non-starter in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Lacerate Flesh is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking twice. Price stability is a safe assumption: it's a narrow situational card with no scarcity, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.