Legions to Ashes
Sorcery
Exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls and all tokens that player controls with the same name as that permanent.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Promos
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #6919
Legions to Ashes exiles an entire token army — permanents included — for just three mana, and it does it at instant speed. Against any token-based strategy, this is a one-sided reset that Terra, Herald of Hope decks have been running at a 35% clip for good reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Terra, Herald of Hope
Terra, Herald of Hope generates a steady stream of creature tokens, which means Legions to Ashes doubles as both a protection piece and a political tool — sweep the board when it benefits you, hold it when it doesn't.
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness wants opponents losing creatures, and Legions to Ashes delivers a mass exile trigger that bypasses indestructible tokens entirely — a clean answer to the go-wide threats Ardbert decks routinely struggle to punish fast enough.
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 |
In Commander, Legions to Ashes fills a specific role: efficient, instant-speed removal against the token strategies and wide boards that dominate most tables. It won't replace a full board wipe in most lists, but it's a real answer when one opponent is about to swing out with forty 1/1s. In competitive non-rotating formats like Modern and Legacy, it sits on the fringe — token hate exists in those formats but rarely at this price point with this targeting restriction, so it could see sideboard play in the right metagame pocket. Pioneer opens the same door slightly wider given a narrower card pool. Legions to Ashes is a Commander card first; treat its inclusion elsewhere as metagame-specific.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Legions to Ashes is bulk — pick it up freely without a second thought. Cards in this tier with genuine competitive application rarely spike hard, so don't expect the price to move much, but at this cost there's no reason not to own a copy if the deck calls for it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.