Exterminatus
Sorcery
Nonland permanents your opponents control lose indestructible until end of turn.
Destroy all nonland permanents.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10440
Exterminatus wipes the entire board — every permanent, not just creatures — for seven mana, and Inquisitor Greyfax's vigilance-granting ability means your own army survives the cataclysm ready to swing. The cost is real, but a one-sided all-permanent wipe at instant or sorcery speed is the kind of effect that closes games rather than stabilizes them.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Inquisitor Greyfax
Inquisitor Greyfax is the defining home for Exterminatus because her ability to give your creatures vigilance sets up a clean one-sided apocalypse — your team survives untapped and ready to attack into an empty board the same turn.
Commissar Severina Raine
Commissar Severina Raine rewards going wide with tokens, and Exterminatus punishes opponents for doing the same — after the dust settles, Severina's drain triggers and anthem effects apply to a board only you still control.
Marneus Calgar
Marneus Calgar draws cards whenever tokens enter the battlefield, and Exterminatus clearing the way for an uncontested token swarm means the card advantage engine runs at full speed with zero opposition blocking 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 |
Commander is where Exterminatus actually lives — multiplayer means seven mana is achievable, and wiping every permanent on the table is devastating enough to justify the investment when three opponents are the targets. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but practically irrelevant; the format speed means you're dead before you untap with seven mana available, and far more efficient haymakers exist. Oathbreaker offers the same multiplayer context as Commander but the smaller deck size and focused game plan make this expensive a tougher fit unless your signature spell cheats it out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.