Council's Judgment
Sorcery
Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3443
Council's Judgment exiles any nonland permanent on the board — including hexproof and shroud targets that most white removal can't touch — for three mana at sorcery speed. The catch is that opponents vote on what gets exiled, so in multiplayer someone can protect their own problem piece if the table lets them; in Tivit, Seller of Secrets decks, you vote twice and the outcome is rarely in doubt.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
Tivit, Seller of Secrets votes twice on every will of the council effect, which turns Council's Judgment from 'the table decides' into 'you decide' — you control the majority and exile whatever threatens you most.
Breena, the Demagogue
Breena, the Demagogue runs political white-black removal suites, and Council's Judgment fills the role of uncounterable, hexproof-ignoring exile that Black's targeted removal can't replicate on its own.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw operates in Mardu, where answering problematic enchantments and indestructible permanents is otherwise awkward, and Council's Judgment covers both without caring about protection abilities.
Gluntch, the Bestower
Gluntch, the Bestower builds around giving opponents choices while profiting — Council's Judgment fits the political shell naturally, and Gluntch's gift-giving buys the goodwill needed to ensure the vote lands where you want it.
Shadrix Silverquill
Shadrix Silverquill decks lean into politics and incremental advantage, and Council's Judgment offers a removal spell that doubles as a social tool, letting you frame the vote as a collective answer to a shared threat.
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 |
Council's Judgment is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and it's Commander where it earns its reputation. The voting clause is largely irrelevant in one-on-one Legacy — you and your opponent each get one vote, so ties go to the caster, making it a clean two-for-one answer to anything that dodges Swords to Plowshares or Path to Exile. In Vintage it sees fringe play as a hedge against hexproof and shroud permanents that other white removal misses. In multiplayer Commander formats, the calculus shifts: three-plus opponents can collude against you, but Council's Judgment still earns its slot because it's one of white's only ways to exile a hexproof creature or an untouchable enchantment without triggering protection abilities.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.