Decree of Annihilation
Sorcery
Exile all artifacts, creatures, and lands from the battlefield, all cards from all graveyards, and all cards from all hands.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, destroy all lands.
- CMC
- 10
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- From the Vault: Annihilation
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11451
Decree of Annihilation resets the entire game — every permanent, every card in hand, every library — leaving nothing but lands stripped from the board too, and it can be cycled to skip the nine-mana ask entirely. The cycling mode is the real reason it shows up: suspend it with Jhoira of the Ghitu, cycle it into a Barren Glory lock, or just use it as the cleanest hard-reset button in red.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jhoira of the Ghitu
Jhoira of the Ghitu suspends Decree of Annihilation for two mana, letting the deck count down to a full reset with a known clock — then rebuild around whatever threat was already ticking alongside it.
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 |
Decree of Annihilation is a Commander card through and through — a nine-mana total reset only makes sense in a format where games go long enough to cast it and opponents have enough resources built up to make wiping everything worth it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees essentially no play; the cycling cost is cheap, but neither format has the setup infrastructure to exploit the aftermath. Commander and Oathbreaker are the only homes where the suspend-and-rebuild plan, or the Barren Glory lock, actually closes games rather than just conceding tempo.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Barren GloryDecree of Annihilation
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at time of writing, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for current copies. Decree of Annihilation has seen limited printings and carries casual demand from combo players, so expect meaningful variance between editions.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.