Calamity of the Titans
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a colorless creature card from your hand.
Exile each creature and planeswalker with mana value less than the revealed card's mana value.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $4.09
- EDHREC rank
- #4255
Calamity of the Titans wipes the board of everything with mana value 3 or less — creatures, artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers — while leaving your massive Eldrazi untouched. Seven mana is the price, and in a Zhulodok, Void Gorger deck that's paying it for free twice over, that's not a cost at all.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zhulodok, Void Gorger
Zhulodok, Void Gorger casts Calamity of the Titans for free — twice — the moment it resolves, turning a one-sided wipe into a zero-cost tempo engine that clears the way for the rest of your colorless threats.
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Kozilek, the Great Distortion fills your hand with spells to pitch as counterspells, and Calamity of the Titans slots cleanly into a suite of high-CMC Eldrazi that survive the sweep it creates.
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion rewards stacking the deck with expensive colorless threats, and Calamity of the Titans doubles as both a wipe and a qualifying spell that advances that game plan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Calamity of the Titans is doing real work. Four-player pods are full of mana rocks, token generators, and utility creatures that all sit below the mana value 4 threshold — Calamity of the Titans scours all of that off the table while your Eldrazi sit untouched. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a seven-mana sorcery when faster answers exist at a fraction of the cost. Oathbreaker is legal but rarely reaches the board states where this effect justifies the investment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.09 cheap tier
At $4.09, Calamity of the Titans sits in cheap territory for a mythic with a specific and powerful role. It's a staple in Zhulodok builds and holds that price on real demand rather than speculation — if you're building colorless Eldrazi, this is a snap include at that number.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.