Noxious Vapors
Sorcery
Each player reveals their hand, chooses one card of each color from it, then discards all other nonland cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #24062
Noxious Vapors wipes every non-black, non-artifact creature from the board — yours included — for three mana at sorcery speed. It's a legitimate one-sided sweeper in mono-black or heavily black builds, and the card disadvantage is real but the tempo swing is worth it when you're the only one keeping creatures.
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 |
Commander is where Noxious Vapors earns its keep: in mono-black or Golgari shells that flood the board with black creatures, it reads as a one-sided Wrath of God that leaves your team standing. Legacy and Vintage allow it but won't run it — faster, cleaner removal dominates those formats and a sorcery-speed sweeper that costs three is too slow. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: niche but playable if your deck is built around it.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Noxious Vapors sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a real effect. Bulk rarely climbs unless a card breaks into competitive rotation, which isn't happening here, so pick it up cheaply and don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.