Kindred Dominance
Sorcery
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine Commander
- Price
- $17.50
- EDHREC rank
- #712
Kindred Dominance wipes the board and leaves your entire tribe standing — that's a one-sided Damnation stapled to a tribal identity check for seven mana. It's expensive, but in a deck like Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor where every surviving Faerie draws you a card off the wrath, the cost justifies itself immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor turns every surviving Faerie into a card draw trigger, so casting Kindred Dominance into a full board of your own creatures becomes a refueling engine in the same motion — clear everything, keep your team, draw cards.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Alela, Cunning Conqueror builds a Faerie token army through combat, and Kindred Dominance protects that investment by wiping opponents' blockers and threats while leaving every token Alela generated untouched.
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm rebuilds a Mouse board from the graveyard, so Kindred Dominance handles the table's threats while Ashcoat's recursion engine ensures any collateral Mouse losses come right back.
Marrow-Gnawer
Marrow-Gnawer can produce a critical mass of Rats in a single turn, and Kindred Dominance locks in that board state by clearing everything else before opponents can mount a response.
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General pumps Minotaurs and generates tokens through combat, and Kindred Dominance gives the deck a hard reset button that preserves the whole Minotaur army while clearing the path to swing freely.
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 |
Kindred Dominance is a Commander card through and through — seven mana is acceptable in a 40-life multiplayer game where tribal synergies generate enough value to justify the cost, and the effect is uniquely punishing when you're the only player with a board. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, no competitive shell wants a seven-mana sorcery with no immediate pressure outside a tribal shell that doesn't exist at those power levels. Oathbreaker can support it in the right tribal build, though the faster pace of that format makes the cost hurt more than it does in Commander. If you're building a tribal deck in Commander, Kindred Dominance is a genuine staple; everywhere else, leave it on the shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Kindred Dominance's closest budget replacement is Kindred Wrath — it hits only one opponent's creatures for a fraction of the cost, which significantly weakens the threat-clearing upside in a multiplayer game but keeps your tribe alive for less mana. For a true one-sided wipe at a lower price, Hour of Reckoning can do similar work in token-heavy tribal builds, though it spares creature tokens rather than a named tribe and loses the flexibility Kindred Dominance offers.
Price Context
Current price
$17.50 mid tier
At $17.50, Kindred Dominance sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to be a deliberate inclusion, not so expensive it's out of reach for most tribal builders. It's a unique enough effect that the price reflects genuine demand rather than hype, and tribal Commander remaining one of the format's most popular archetypes keeps that demand stable.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.