Hour of Revelation
Sorcery
This spell costs 
less to cast if there are ten or more nonland permanents on the battlefield.
Destroy all nonland permanents.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander
- Price
- $1.34
- EDHREC rank
- #3623
Hour of Revelation wipes every nonland permanent on the board for three mana if opponents collectively control ten or more — which is almost always true by turn four in Commander. The catch is it hits your own stuff too, so the deck building around it either doesn't care or runs Avacyn, Angel of Hope to make sure only opponents feel it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Avacyn, Angel of Hope is the canonical Hour of Revelation home: Avacyn's indestructible blanket covers your board while Hour of Revelation erases everyone else's, turning a symmetrical wipe into a one-sided reset for three mana.
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor runs Hour of Revelation as a land-matters reset — lands survive any wipe by definition, so after the board clears Obuun's ability to animate them means the deck immediately rebuilds a threat base opponents no longer have.
Toph, the First Metalbender
Toph, the First Metalbender leans on Hour of Revelation for the same reason: lands don't die to nonland-permanent wraths, so the deck survives the sweep cleanly while artifact-based threats and opposing boards get cleared in one shot.
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade can pitch flying tokens to pay her cost again after a wipe, and Hour of Revelation's three-mana floor means the deck can sweep and recast Sephara in the same turn once the mana base is developed.
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled coins opponents' creatures before the wipe lands, so Hour of Revelation forces those creatures to return to Athreos's controller instead of the graveyard — converting a board wipe into a creature theft engine.
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 |
Commander is where Hour of Revelation is worth sleeving: four players guarantees the ten-permanent threshold is hit on virtually every turn it could be cast, and the three-mana floor is achievable early enough to function as emergency interaction as well as a late reset. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but unplayed — a six-mana wipe at its base cost is uncompetitive in 1v1 formats where Wrath of God and Supreme Verdict already exist at four mana and don't require opponent cooperation to hit their floor. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's multiplayer math that Hour of Revelation is at least functional there, though the smaller deck size and faster games mean the window to capitalize on the aftermath is narrower.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.34 cheap tier
At $1.34, Hour of Revelation is firmly budget — you're getting one of the most efficient mass-removal effects in Commander for the price of a sleeve. That price reflects a card that's widely available without strong cross-format demand pulling it up, so there's no urgency to buy in bulk.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.