Mutinous Massacre
Sorcery
Choose odd or even. Destroy each creature with mana value of the chosen quality. Then gain control of all creatures until end of turn. Untap them. They gain haste until end of turn. (Zero is even.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities Promos
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #7577
Mutinous Massacre clears a board of smaller creatures and refills your hand in one shot — the cost is that it only hits nonblack creatures, which matters less when you're already in black and your opponents aren't. In Cormela, Glamour Thief builds specifically, it doubles as a recursion target, making the card do real work twice.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Cormela, Glamour Thief recurs instants and sorceries when she dies, so Mutinous Massacre becomes a repeatable board wipe that refills your hand each loop — exactly the kind of high-value spell the engine wants.
Edea, Possessed Sorceress
Edea, Possessed Sorceress rewards casting spells with escalating payoffs, and Mutinous Massacre's combination of board control and card draw makes it one of the most efficient single spells to sequence through her engine.
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant wants opponents attacking each other and a cleared path to do it — Mutinous Massacre removes the blockers that gum up those combat steps while replacing itself in hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mutinous Massacre is legal in every major format but is firmly a Commander card — the sorcery speed, heavy mana cost, and scaling card draw based on creatures killed are all calibrated for a multiplayer board full of threats. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern or Pioneer, a five-mana sorcery that conditionally sweeps and draws cards is too slow against proactive strategies that either go under it or run black themselves. Commander is where the nonblack restriction is least punishing, the board is fullest, and the card draw is most backbreaking.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Mutinous Massacre is bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or toss into a pile without thinking. Bulk rares with narrow applications tend to stay in this range unless a competitive format picks them up, which isn't happening here.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.