Devastation
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures and lands.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $17.27
- EDHREC rank
- #16936
Devastation wipes the board of all creatures and all lands simultaneously — a reset so total that most tables can't recover without a commander recast advantage. At six mana in a mono-red shell, it's narrow but devastating in the decks that want 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 |
Devastation is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's essentially the full list of relevant homes. In Commander, it earns its slot in mono-red or Gruul land-destruction strategies where you have a way to rebuild faster than your three opponents — Enchantress permanents, artifact ramp, or an already-deployed commander that wins on an empty board. Legacy and Vintage have it on the books, but six mana for a symmetrical effect is near-unplayable in formats where the game is often decided by turn three. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth a mention, where lower life totals and a two-card command zone occasionally justify the scorched-earth approach.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Jokulhaups and Obliterate both hit creatures and lands for the same six-mana cost, with Obliterate adding uncounterability — the functional overlap with Devastation is near-total, and both are cheaper. If you only need the land half, Wildfire and Burning of Xinye cut lands without touching creatures and cost a fraction of the price, trading total board domination for a more surgical mana denial plan.
Price Context
Current price
$17.27 mid tier
At $17.27, Devastation sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real purchase, cheap enough that it won't crater a budget. It holds value because the effect is genuinely unique and the card sees no reprint pressure, but demand is thin given how few decks can actually use a symmetrical everything-wipe.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.