Saw in Half

Saw in Half

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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.

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Market prices

updated on 06/17/2026
from €8.75
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Cardmarket €8.75
TCGplayer $8.69

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Rulings (8)

Use the power and toughness of the creature from when it was last on the battlefield to determine the power and toughness of the tokens.

09/19/2025

If the copied creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

09/19/2025

If the creature isn't destroyed (perhaps because it has indestructible), its controller doesn't create any tokens. The same is true if the creature is destroyed but instead of going to its owner's graveyard, a replacement effect moves it elsewhere, such as exile.

09/19/2025

If the copied creature was copying something else, then the tokens enter the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the listed exceptions.

09/19/2025

Except for power and toughness, the tokens copy exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature was copying something else or it's a token; see below). They don't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, and so on.

09/19/2025

If the copied creature was a token, the new tokens copy the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token, with the listed exceptions.

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If the original creature had a characteristic-defining ability that determined its power and/or toughness, that ability is not copied.

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Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the tokens enter the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.

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Legality by format

Brawl Legal
Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Old School Not legal
Pauper Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Standard Not legal
Vintage Legal
Block Constructed Not legal
Extended Not legal
Frontier Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal