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Hellish Sideswipe
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uncommon · Sorcery

Hellish Sideswipe

uncommon · Sorcery · Aetherdrift
$0.08
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$0.09
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$0.11
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Oracle Text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Destroy target creature or Vehicle. If the sacrificed permanent was a Vehicle, draw a card.

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness
{B}Mana Cost
1Prints

Character Background

Hellish Sideswipe is a deceptively efficient one-mana kill spell that asks you to pay with a permanent instead of extra mana—it best supports a sacrifice/value or tempo-midrange plan rather than pure instant-speed answers, since it’s a sorcery. The card reads like a clean answer to problematic creatures and Vehicles, and its extra upside for sacrificing a Vehicle rewards artifact-forward builds; in Limited it’s premium removal if you can spare a 1-drop or a cheap artifact. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with low-cost fodder—1/1 tokens, expendable creatures, or disposable artifacts like Treasures—or include a couple of Vehicles you’re willing to ditch to convert removal into card advantage. It also slots into aristocrat-style decks that care about creatures dying or that can recur sacrificed pieces, and it plays well with sacrifice outlets that enable repeatable value. Thematically it feels like a brutal, efficient swipe that tears through flesh and steel alike, trading board resources for tempo and sometimes extra card draw.

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Character Background

Hellish Sideswipe is a deceptively efficient one-mana kill spell that asks you to pay with a permanent instead of extra mana—it best supports a sacrifice/value or tempo-midrange plan rather than pure instant-speed answers, since it’s a sorcery. The card reads like a clean answer to problematic creatures and Vehicles, and its extra upside for sacrificing a Vehicle rewards artifact-forward builds; in Limited it’s premium removal if you can spare a 1-drop or a cheap artifact. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with low-cost fodder—1/1 tokens, expendable creatures, or disposable artifacts like Treasures—or include a couple of Vehicles you’re willing to ditch to convert removal into card advantage. It also slots into aristocrat-style decks that care about creatures dying or that can recur sacrificed pieces, and it plays well with sacrifice outlets that enable repeatable value. Thematically it feels like a brutal, efficient swipe that tears through flesh and steel alike, trading board resources for tempo and sometimes extra card draw.

Generated using gpt-5-mini · Updated at 2026-05-16 12:40:42 UTC

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