Savage Swipe
Sorcery
Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn if its power is 2. Then it fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #16212
Savage Swipe kills a creature and pumps one of yours for a single green mana — the rate is real. In Ayula, Queen Among Bears it doubles as a pump trigger, making this one of the most efficient combat tools a Bear deck can run.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Ayula, Queen Among Bears triggers off Bears getting +1/+1 counters, so Savage Swipe doesn't just remove a blocker — it also fuels Ayula's fight or exile mode on the same turn for one mana.
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 |
In Commander, Savage Swipe is a niche card that earns its slot almost exclusively in creature-type decks where the pump clause has mechanical relevance — Bear tribal being the clearest home. In Pauper, efficient one-mana interaction is always worth evaluating, and Savage Swipe competes with other green creature removal like Snakeskin Veil and Prey Upon; the pump clause gives it a small edge in stompy shells where a 2-power creature is a safe assumption. Legacy and Vintage have no real interest in it — better options exist at every point on the curve. The card's ceiling is narrow but it hits that ceiling cleanly in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Savage Swipe is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. Bulk commons rarely move on price, so there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.