Bontu's Last Reckoning
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures. Lands you control don't untap during your next untap step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #12192
Bontu's Last Reckoning destroys all creatures for three mana — the cheapest unconditional wrath in the game. The price is real: your lands don't untap next turn, which in Commander means skipping your fourth turn entirely.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bontu's Last Reckoning earns its slot in decks that either win before the skipped untap matters or exploit the symmetry — reanimator and stax shells treat the drawback as noise. In Modern and Pioneer, three-mana wraths are playable but the skipped untap is punishing in reactive control builds that need to keep mana up, so most lists prefer Damnation or Supreme Verdict instead. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, cheaper interaction, so Bontu's Last Reckoning rarely appears outside budget builds. The card's true home is Commander, specifically at tables where ending the game on turn five or six makes the turn-four tempo hit irrelevant.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Bontu's Last Reckoning is bulk — you're getting one of the most mana-efficient wraths ever printed for the cost of a sleeve. That price is stable; the drawback keeps competitive demand low enough that no spike is coming.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.