Day of Judgment

Sorcery

Destroy all creatures.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Explorers of Ixalan
Price
$1.66
EDHREC rank
#1943
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Day of Judgment card art
Day of Judgment clears every creature on the board for four mana — that's the whole pitch. The ceiling is pairing it with Avacyn, Angel of Hope, where your permanents survive and your opponents' boards don't.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Avacyn, Angel of Hope

47.4% of decks · synergy 0.42

Avacyn, Angel of Hope grants your permanents indestructible, so Day of Judgment becomes completely one-sided — you sweep the table and your team walks away untouched. Nearly half of all Avacyn decks run it for exactly this reason.

02
Zurgo Helmsmasher

Zurgo Helmsmasher

22.2% of decks · synergy 0.20

Zurgo Helmsmasher is indestructible on your turn, so Day of Judgment wipes away blockers and leaves your commander ready to connect for lethal. It's a clean answer to go-wide boards that would otherwise chump Zurgo indefinitely.

03
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled

Athreos, Shroud-Veiled

12.2% of decks · synergy 0.10

Athreos, Shroud-Veiled puts coin counters on creatures, so Day of Judgment triggers a mass recursion event — everything with a counter returns, and your opponents' boards don't. It turns a symmetrical wipe into a lopsided reset.

04
Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Elenda, Saint of Dusk

10.3% of decks · synergy 0.08

Elenda, Saint of Dusk grows when other creatures die, so Day of Judgment converts a full board into a massive Elenda and a swarm of Vampire tokens on her death. The wipe is the payoff, not the cleanup.

05
Sephara, Sky's Blade

Sephara, Sky's Blade

13.7% of decks · synergy 0.08

Sephara, Sky's Blade makes your flying creatures indestructible, so Day of Judgment clears the ground while your air force survives untouched. It's a reliable one-sided sweep in any flying-tribal shell she leads.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Day of Judgment competes in a crowded field of four-mana wraths — Wrath of God, Damnation, and Farewell all occupy the same slot — and it's viable precisely because redundancy matters in a 100-card singleton format. The lack of a relevant upside (no exile, no recursion prevention) means it typically slots into decks that either make it one-sided or just need the fifth or sixth copy of this effect. In Modern and Pioneer it sees fringe play in controlling white shells, though Supreme Verdict's uncounterability gives that card a structural edge at the same cost. Legacy has enough efficient threats and faster clocks that sorcery-speed four-mana wraths rarely make the cut. Standard legality makes it a solid budget option whenever it's in the format's card pool.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.66 cheap tier

At $1.66, Day of Judgment sits at the cheap end of the board-wipe spectrum — you're getting a proven, format-legal effect for less than a draft pack. Multiple printings keep the price anchored low, so there's no reason to pay more for a version without meaningful upside over the base text.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.