Is Blasphemous Edict good in Commander?

Blasphemous Edict in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Blasphemous Edict kills every creature an opponent controls for two mana — the asymmetry is the whole point. Fumulus, the Infestation builds around exactly this effect, making it less a removal spell and more a core engine piece.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Fumulus, the Infestation

56.8% of decks · synergy 0.40

Fumulus, the Infestation appears in over half its decks running Blasphemous Edict because the commander's triggered abilities reward forcing opponents to sacrifice creatures repeatedly, turning this two-mana edict into a recurring engine rather than a one-shot answer.

02

The Balrog, Durin's Bane

42.0% of decks · synergy 0.33

The Balrog, Durin's Bane wants cheap, reliable ways to clear a path through blockers, and Blasphemous Edict does that for two mana while leaving The Balrog itself untouched if you time it correctly.

03

Malik, Grim Manipulator

33.5% of decks · synergy 0.29

Malik, Grim Manipulator scales off opponents sacrificing creatures, so Blasphemous Edict functions as both a board reset and a trigger generator — one spell can net a full table's worth of Malik activations.

04

Jon Irenicus, Shattered One

28.6% of decks · synergy 0.22

Jon Irenicus, Shattered One donates creatures to opponents and then wants those donated creatures to die, making Blasphemous Edict a clean payoff that clears the board and punishes whoever is holding your gifted token.

05

Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder

28.5% of decks · synergy 0.20

Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder profits from death triggers and graveyard fuel, and Blasphemous Edict delivers a full opponent board to the yard at instant speed for two mana.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Blasphemous Edict is legal across every major constructed format but sees essentially no play outside Commander — two mana to destroy one player's entire board is a multiplayer-specific rate that collapses in one-on-one formats where opponents sculpt their board state carefully and single-target removal is cleaner. In Commander it earns its slot because the symmetry is broken: one spell answers one opponent's board, and at instant speed for two mana it dodges the heavy lifting of dedicated wraths. Sacrifice-based removal also sidesteps indestructible, which makes Blasphemous Edict a legitimate supplement to Wrath of God effects rather than a strict replacement. In Oathbreaker the same logic applies in a smaller pod, where it remains efficient enough to consider in black-inclusive lists.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Plaguecrafter and Fleshbag Marauder each cost under a dollar and force a sacrifice from every player, which covers the base case when you just need one creature gone from each opponent. The real trade-off versus Blasphemous Edict is scope: those creatures hit one creature per player across the table, while Blasphemous Edict strips an entire board from a single opponent — if you're building around death triggers or trying to dismantle one dominant threat, nothing in the dollar bin replicates that concentrated effect.

Price Context

Current price

$5.44 mid tier

At $5.44, Blasphemous Edict sits in mid-tier pricing for a Commander staple — not a budget pickup, but not a barrier either. It's a recent card with a narrow-but-loyal home in sacrifice-focused black decks, so the price is unlikely to spike dramatically but also has little room to drop given its niche demand.