Brotherhood's End
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Brotherhood's End deals 3 damage to each creature and each planeswalker.
• Destroy all artifacts with mana value 3 or less.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6412
Brotherhood's End wipes every artifact with mana value 3 or less and every creature with power 3 or less — simultaneously — for three mana, which is an absurd amount of board impact at sorcery speed. Slicer, Hired Muscle goes to your opponents anyway, so Brotherhood's End clears their boards without touching your own game plan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slicer, Hired Muscle
Slicer, Hired Muscle donates itself to an opponent each combat, meaning Brotherhood's End's wrath effect cleans up their small blockers and artifacts while Slicer — a 6/4 — sits safely above the power-3 threshold. At a 19% inclusion rate, it's the defining removal spell for the archetype.
Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Kibo, Uktabi Prince floods the table with Banana artifact tokens, so Brotherhood's End pulling double duty as both artifact sweeper and small-creature wipe is uniquely punishing — it can gut an opponent's Banana-fueled board state while Kibo himself, a 3/4, survives the cleanup.
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, Brotherhood's End is the go-to answer for token swarms and mana-rock-heavy boards, hitting Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and a wide field of small creatures in a single shot at three mana — that's rare compression for a four-player format. In Modern and Pioneer, the format's creature and artifact density makes Brotherhood's End a real sideboard consideration, particularly against Affinity-adjacent strategies or aggressive decks that go wide with small bodies. Legacy and Vintage have access to more efficient options, so Brotherhood's End rarely makes the cut there outside of niche artifact-hate builds. Oathbreaker largely mirrors Commander's calculus — the compact cost is excellent when you're cleaning up an entire table for the same three mana.
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Price Context
Current price
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Mentioned
- Slicer, Hired Muscle
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.