← Back

Cleaving Reaper

Cleaving Reaper

{3}{B}{B}Creature — Angel Berserker5/3

Flying, trample

Pay 3 life: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you had an Angel or Berserker enter the battlefield under your control this turn.

Keyword reminders

Flying. This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. · CR 702.9
Trample. Excess combat damage beyond what's lethal to blockers can be assigned to the player or planeswalker it's attacking. · CR 702.19

Official rulings

  1. The Angel or Berserker doesn't have to still be under your control in order to activate Cleaving Reaper's ability. Additionally, the Angel or Berserker could have entered the battlefield under your control at any point in the turn, even before Cleaving Reaper was put into the graveyard. (2021-02-05)

Cards like this

Functionally similar cards by meaning — playable in Cleaving Reaper’s colours.