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Moment of Reckoning

Sorcery

Choose up to four. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Destroy target nonland permanent.
• Return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}{B}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven
Price
$0.43
EDHREC rank
#16205
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Moment of Reckoning card art
Moment of Reckoning wipes the board for five mana at sorcery speed — steep but clean, and the convoke ability means a token-heavy or creature-dense board can cast it for significantly less. The combo with Umbral Collar Zealot and the synergy engines around Silverquill, the Disputant push it past bulk-rare territory in the right shells.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Silverquill, the Disputant

Silverquill, the Disputant

21.0% of decks · synergy 0.16

Silverquill, the Disputant generates Scholar tokens as a byproduct of its lesson-and-ink engine, and those tokens go directly toward convoking Moment of Reckoning out early — a one-sided feel that punishes opponents who don't have a similar token base.

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Killian, Ink Duelist

Killian, Ink Duelist

19.4% of decks · synergy 0.15

Killian, Ink Duelist reduces the cost of spells with target, but the real pull here is the Orzhov go-wide shell those decks run — Moment of Reckoning's convoke scales directly with how many bodies Killian has put on the board.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Moment of Reckoning does its best work — four opponents means more threats requiring an answer, and a token-generating commander can defray the five-mana cost enough that the timing disadvantage of sorcery speed becomes acceptable. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and doesn't interact favorably with the efficient threats those formats produce; Wrath of God and Damnation occupy that slot and cost less setup. Legacy and Vintage have access to everything cheaper and faster, so Moment of Reckoning doesn't register. Standard legality is technically correct, but the card hasn't seen constructed play there, and it's unlikely to given the standard removal suite available.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Moment of ReckoningNaru Meha, Master WizardCarrion Feeder

Moment of ReckoningNaru Meha, Master WizardCarrion Feeder

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite recursion of creature cards in your graveyard; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Destroy any number of nonland permanents

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Blasting StationMoment of ReckoningDualcaster Mage

Blasting StationMoment of ReckoningDualcaster Mage

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite recursion of creature cards in your graveyard; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Destroy any number of nonland permanents

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Price Context

Current price

$0.43 bulk tier

At $0.43, Moment of Reckoning is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. That price is stable; it's a role-player in niche Commander builds, not a card with upward pressure.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.