Final Strike
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Final Strike deals damage to target opponent or planeswalker equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $5.45
- EDHREC rank
- #24968
Final Strike wipes every creature off the board for a single black mana — the catch is that you sacrifice a creature to cast it. In decks that already want a creature in the graveyard or run expendable tokens, that cost is nearly free, making this one of the most mana-efficient board wipes ever printed.
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 Final Strike actually matters. One-mana board wipes are absurd on rate, and any deck running sacrifice outlets or token generators pays the additional cost for almost nothing. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested — Toxic Deluge and Damnation do the job without the setup requirement and see essentially zero play in those formats anyway. Final Strike is a Commander card through and through, and in Oathbreaker it can pull similar surprise-wipe duty at a format where cheap interaction scales up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If the sacrifice clause is a genuine obstacle, Blasphemous Act and Toxic Deluge clear the board for comparable or lower mana investment in the right shells, though neither matches Final Strike's raw floor of a single black mana. Damnation and Wrath of God hit four mana without conditions — cleaner but slower, and they'll cost you more at the register.
Price Context
Current price
$5.45 mid tier
At $5.45, Final Strike sits in the mid tier — not an impulse buy, but not a barrier either. It's a narrow enough card that its price reflects collector demand for the effect more than widespread competitive inclusion, so it's unlikely to spike unless a high-profile combo deck puts it on the map.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.