Saw in Half

Saw in Half

Instant

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.

on-cast —

on-cast — makes 2 tokens

Causes: a creature dies, create a creature token, put a creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Saw in Half, it triggers
  2. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Saw in Half, it has the Ring tempt you
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Saw in Half, it exiles a Nightmare

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

Saw in Half puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Saw in Half:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Saw in Half, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Saw in Half, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Saw in Half, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Saw in Half, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Saw in Half, it makes a token
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Saw in Half, it draws you 1 card
  7. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Saw in Half, it triggers
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Saw in Half, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Saw in Half, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Saw in Half, it makes you lose life

454 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. Cryptic Pursuit — When Saw in Half is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

436 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Saw in Half, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

31 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — When Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization dies thanks to Saw in Half, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Saw in Half, it exiles itself

18 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Saw in Half fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Saw in Half fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Saw in Half puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

441 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  4. Moriok Scavenger — When Moriok Scavenger enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  5. Corpse Cur — When Corpse Cur enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  6. Rayblade Trooper — When Rayblade Trooper enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  7. Puppeteer Clique — When Puppeteer Clique enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  8. Crypt Angel — When Crypt Angel enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  9. Enslaved Horror — When Enslaved Horror enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again

466 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Saw in Half is one).

  1. The Master, Transcendent — When The Master, Transcendent enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  2. Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest — When Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Alharu, Solemn Ritualist — When Alharu, Solemn Ritualist enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  4. Garna, the Bloodflame — When Garna, the Bloodflame enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  5. Ruxa, Patient Professor — When Ruxa, Patient Professor enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  6. The Reaper, King No More — When The Reaper, King No More enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again
  7. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — When Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life enters because Saw in Half copies it, its ability triggers again

91 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.