Devastating Mastery
Sorcery
You may pay 
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the cost was paid, an opponent chooses up to two nonland permanents they control and returns them to their owner's hand.
Destroy all nonland permanents.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13423
Devastating Mastery resets the entire board of permanents for four mana — the catch is that one opponent gets to return two permanents they control to hand before the sweep lands. That rider matters almost never, because the opponent choosing to save Avacyn, Angel of Hope from your Wrath is still losing everything else, and four mana for unconditional board wipe is the rate white has wanted for years.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Avacyn, Angel of Hope makes your own permanents indestructible, so Devastating Mastery hits every opponent's board while yours survives untouched — the opponent who 'saves' two permanents is still losing the rest to a one-sided sweep.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Devastating Mastery is a staple-tier board wipe: four mana is ahead of the curve for mass removal, and the two-permanent rider rarely swings the outcome in a four-player game where you're pointing it at the most threatening board. In competitive Legacy and Vintage it competes against Terminus and Swords to Plowshares, which handle individual threats more efficiently, so Devastating Mastery rarely earns a slot there. Modern is where it sees occasional play in white-based control shells that need a budget-accessible sweeper without Wrath of God's strict double-white requirement. Pioneer offers a similar story — it's a clean answer when Farewell feels too slow on mana or too narrow in scope. Across every format, the card's ceiling is Commander, where the multiplayer math routinely makes the opponent's two saved permanents irrelevant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available for Devastating Mastery at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Historically it has sat in the budget-to-mid range for white sweepers, making it an accessible pickup for any Commander player who needs a fourth or fifth board wipe.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.