Impale
Sorcery
Destroy target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #23095
Impale kills any nonland permanent outright — no targeting restrictions, no conditions — for four mana at sorcery speed. That price tag is the whole problem: four mana to trade one-for-one at sorcery speed is where unconditional removal stops being a bargain.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Impale competes in a slot where Terminate, Go for the Throat, and Path to Exile all cost two mana less and operate at instant speed — Impale rarely wins that competition. Pauper is where it sees the most legitimate play, since the commons-only card pool thins out the competition and unconditional destroy is harder to come by. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, four-mana sorcery removal is simply unplayable given the speed of those formats. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's card access that the same judgment applies: there are better options at lower cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Impale is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and prices accordingly. Don't expect that to move; unconditional sorcery removal at four mana has no scarcity story to tell.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.