Decimate
Sorcery
Destroy target artifact, target creature, target enchantment, and target land. (You can't cast this spell unless you have legal choices for all its targets.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #898
Decimate destroys a creature, artifact, enchantment, and land simultaneously for four mana — one of the highest removal-per-mana ratios in Commander, provided the board has all four target types. The catch is real: all four targets are mandatory, so an empty board turns this four-for-one into a dead card in hand.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade triggers off auras and equipment entering, so the board tends to fill up fast with enchanted and equipped creatures — meaning Decimate almost always finds all four legal targets by the time you need it.
Yuma, Proud Protector
Yuma, Proud Protector generates Desert tokens by putting lands into the graveyard, and Decimate's mandatory land destruction feeds that engine directly while clearing three other problem permanents at once.
Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Bello, Bard of the Brambles cares about Forests and basic lands, and the wide go-wide boards that deck creates mean artifacts and enchantments from opponents are always present — Decimate reliably hits all four targets in that cluttered game state.
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade rewards attacking into tapped permanents, so using Decimate to strip away a key artifact or enchantment that's locking down combat makes the trigger math work out favorably on the next swing.
Kirri, Talented Sprout
Kirri, Talented Sprout is a token-focused Simic commander that leans on enchantments and artifacts for support pieces, meaning opponents in those pods consistently present all four target types — Decimate earns its slot as reliable, efficient interaction.
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 |
Decimate is a Commander card through and through — the four-target requirement is only a minor constraint in a format where every game state features a creature, artifact, enchantment, and land on the board at any given time. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the demand that all four targets exist simultaneously is crippling in focused, interaction-heavy games where board states are kept sparse; it simply doesn't compete. Commander is the one format where Decimate earns every bit of its four-mana cost, functioning as a compact board-sculpting tool that other formats can't support.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Decimate is bulk — and it's likely to stay there given the volume of reprints and its narrow Commander-only appeal. That price makes it a zero-risk pickup for any Gruul or four-color green deck that can reliably hit all four targets.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.