Divine Reckoning
Sorcery
Each player chooses a creature they control. Destroy the rest.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2019
- Price
- $0.69
- EDHREC rank
- #3518
Divine Reckoning leaves one creature standing on each side of the table — your best threat survives while everyone else's boards reset. Four mana for a conditional wrath is a real cost, but in any deck built around a single dominant creature, that condition is almost always in your favor.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade costs next to nothing to cast when you have fliers in play, and Divine Reckoning lets you keep her after wiping the ground — she survives, her anthem effect remains, and your weaker tokens come back through recast pressure.
Balan, Wandering Knight
Balan, Wandering Knight stacks every Equipment onto itself and hits for lethal in one swing, so Divine Reckoning is just the cleanup crew — clear the blockers, keep the monster, close the game.
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Bruna, Light of Alabaster becomes almost unkillable under a pile of Auras, making Divine Reckoning a one-sided wipe in practice — Bruna stays, everything else dies, and she attacks into an empty board.
Sigarda, Host of Herons
Sigarda, Host of Herons already laughs at sacrifice effects, so Divine Reckoning pairs with her hexproof and sacrifice immunity to produce a clean asymmetric sweep that opponents have no clean answer to.
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice tutors Auras onto the battlefield and grows into a formidable combat threat fast, so Divine Reckoning earns its slot by protecting that investment — keep the Fox, erase the table.
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 |
Divine Reckoning is a Commander card through and through — the one-creature-survives clause is a liability in any format where opponents are running streamlined threats and your own board is rarely dominant enough to guarantee a favorable trade. In Legacy and Vintage, four mana is too slow and too narrow when unconditional wraths and interaction exist at every price point. Commander is where it earns a slot: games go long, boards get cluttered, and if your commander or signature threat is the best creature in any given combat step, Divine Reckoning reads as a one-sided board wipe. Oathbreaker is a reasonable fit for the same reason, particularly under a powerful planeswalker with a creature-heavy supporting cast.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.69 bulk tier
At $0.69, Divine Reckoning sits firmly in bulk territory and is easy to pick up without a second thought. It sees enough Commander play in voltron and creature-focused white decks that the price is unlikely to crater further, but don't expect movement in either direction — this is a role-player, not a staple.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Sephara, Sky's Blade
- Balan, Wandering Knight
- Bruna, Light of Alabaster
- Sigarda, Host of Herons
- Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.