Sheoldred's Headcleaver
Creature — Phyrexian Warrior
Menace
Toxic 2 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get two poison counters.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #14009
Sheoldred's Headcleaver is a three-mana 3/2 that makes a creature you control menace until end of turn whenever it attacks — repeatable evasion stapled to a body. The rate is mediocre enough that it only earns a slot in decks that specifically want to trigger attack-step abilities or care about menace as a keyword.
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, Sheoldred's Headcleaver occupies a narrow lane: aggressive black decks that want consistent attack triggers and can't afford better evasion enablers. Pauper is where it has the most structural relevance — the card is common, and menace is genuinely hard to answer in a format with limited removal density. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by essentially every aggressive three-drop in black, and Legacy and Vintage won't touch it. If you're running it outside Pauper, the deck needs a specific reason — token strategies that want to push one threat through, or a Phyrexian tribal build where the creature type does work beyond the text box.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Sheoldred's Headcleaver is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no meaningful upside pressure on this price given how rarely it sees competitive play, so pick it up freely and don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.