Deus of Calamity
Creature — Spirit Avatar
Trample
Whenever this creature deals 6 or more damage to an opponent, destroy target land that player controls.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $1.24
- EDHREC rank
- #18383
Deus of Calamity hits the board as a 6/6 trample for five mana and threatens to blow up a land every time it connects — that's a clock and a resource-denial engine in one body. The catch is the hybrid Gruul cost: you need a deck that can actually support both red and green pips at three mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Deus of Calamity is a niche role-player in Gruul land-destruction or Xenagos-style voltron lists — the land-destruction trigger is genuinely punishing at a table where opponents can't gang up to chump-block every turn. In Legacy and Vintage, a five-mana 6/6 with no immediate board impact competes against formats full of interaction, and it simply doesn't make the cut. Modern is the same story: the card is legal but outclassed by threats that win faster or protect themselves. Deus of Calamity is a Commander card through and through, and even there it asks you to build around it to extract full value.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$1.24 cheap tier
At $1.24, Deus of Calamity sits firmly in bulk-rare territory — easy to pick up without any budget consideration. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move unless a high-profile Gruul commander pushes land-destruction strategies into the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.