Olivia's Wrath
Sorcery
Each non-Vampire creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Vampires you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander
- Price
- $4.43
- EDHREC rank
- #2710
Olivia's Wrath wipes the board of non-Vampires for five mana — a clean asymmetric sweeper that leaves your team standing while everything else dies. In any Vampire tribal shell, especially Clavileño, First of the Blessed, the restriction is the point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed runs Olivia's Wrath in over 76% of decks because the sweeper's non-Vampire clause is pure upside — Clavileño's board is all Vampires, so Olivia's Wrath functions as a one-sided wrath that protects the Nightbound tokens and keeps the draw engine intact.
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor needs opponents to lose creatures to generate Blood tokens, and Olivia's Wrath delivers a table-wide creature clear that fuels that trigger while leaving Strefan's own Vampires untouched.
Edgar Markov
Edgar Markov goes wide with 1/1 Vampire tokens, and Olivia's Wrath is one of the few board wipes that keeps the entire swarm alive — over half of Edgar Markov decks run it for exactly that reason.
Olivia Voldaren
The thematic fit aside, Olivia Voldaren wants to steal opposing creatures and convert them into Vampires, so Olivia's Wrath punishes anyone who hasn't been assimilated yet — clearing the board and leaving only Vampires standing.
Evelyn, the Covetous
Evelyn, the Covetous exiles creatures from opponents' libraries and hands, so a sudden Olivia's Wrath killing every non-Vampire in play often doubles as a way to force opponents into topdecking from a depleted position while Evelyn's stolen threats remain.
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 |
Olivia's Wrath is a Commander card — full stop. The five-mana cost and tribal restriction are tuned for multiplayer, where wiping three opponents' non-Vampire boards for one card is an enormous tempo swing that would be too slow or too conditional in one-on-one formats. Legacy and Vintage have it on the books as legal, but no competitive deck there wants a five-mana sorcery with a tribal rider when unconditional sweepers cost less and do more. Commander is where the math works: one card clears three boards, your Vampires survive, and the life loss clause is negligible when opponents' graveyards are suddenly full of their best creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.43 cheap tier
At $4.43, Olivia's Wrath sits at the high end of budget staples — you're not breaking the bank, but it's not a throwaway pickup either. Given its near-ubiquity in Vampire tribal builds and the lack of a direct functional replacement, that price is justified and unlikely to soften as long as Edgar Markov and Clavileño, First of the Blessed remain popular commanders.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed
- Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
- Edgar Markov
- Olivia Voldaren
- Evelyn, the Covetous
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.