Light of Judgment
Instant
Light of Judgment deals 6 damage to target creature. Destroy up to one Equipment attached to that creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #15120
Light of Judgment exiles every permanent a target player controls that shares a card type with the top card of their library — a potentially massive swing that costs five mana and requires no targeting of individual permanents. It's a niche haymaker: powerful in the right shell, unplayable outside it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Light of Judgment is a political removal spell with ceiling variance — against the right player at the right moment it clears a board, but the trigger condition hands opponents information and agency the instant they see the top of their own library. Competitive Commander rarely has room for five-mana sorceries without guaranteed outcomes, so this sits firmly in casual tables. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's essentially unplayable — too slow, too conditional, and too reliant on an opponent's library state to compete with efficient targeted removal. Pauper and Legacy share the same verdict: the card is legal but outclassed by cheaper, more reliable answers.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Light of Judgment is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without a second thought. Given its narrow conditions and lack of competitive demand across any format, there's no realistic pressure that moves this off the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.