Catastrophe
Sorcery
Destroy all lands or all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battle Royale Box Set
- Price
- $3.79
- EDHREC rank
- #11858
Catastrophe ends boards — you choose lands or creatures on resolution, and either mode hits every opponent simultaneously with no recourse. Six mana is real, but Avacyn, Angel of Hope makes the choice irrelevant by surviving whichever half you pick, leaving you the only one standing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Avacyn, Angel of Hope grants indestructible to your permanents, so Catastrophe's Armageddon mode strips every opponent's lands while yours survive untouched — it's a game-ending lock that's made Catastrophe a staple in nearly a quarter of all Avacyn decks.
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 where Catastrophe earns its keep — the ability to choose between a mass land destruction and a Wrath of God on the same card gives white decks a level of flexibility that single-mode sweepers can't match. In a four-player pod, the right call at the right moment is frequently just a concession trigger. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes, but the six-mana cost puts it well outside competitive consideration in formats where games end before turn four. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Catastrophe sees genuine play, again because of how cleanly it closes games when paired with a recursion or indestructibility shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.79 cheap tier
At $3.79, Catastrophe sits comfortably in the budget tier for a card with this much raw power. Demand is narrow enough — almost entirely Commander and Avacyn players — that the price is stable rather than climbing, so there's no urgency either way.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.