Planar Outburst
Sorcery
Destroy all nonland creatures.
Awaken 4—
(If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #9945
Planar Outburst wipes every nonland permanent on board for five mana, then lets you fetch a land from your library onto the battlefield — a full reset that also advances your mana. The catch is cost: five mana at sorcery speed is slow, and the land bonus only matters if you're running a deck built around land counts.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor turns lands into creatures, which means the board wipe half of Planar Outburst clears the table while leaving your land-creatures ready to re-animate next turn — and the fetch clause immediately reloads the land count Obuun cares about.
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 |
Planar Outburst is a Commander card through and through — five mana is acceptable in a 40-life multiplayer format where board states get out of hand, and the land fetch is a meaningful upside when games go long. In competitive formats like Modern or Legacy, it simply costs too much; Wrath of God and Damnation do the same job for four mana without the conditional rider. Pioneer players have access to it but rarely reach for it when Farewell and Supreme Verdict exist. Oathbreaker shares Commander's pace, making it a reasonable include there in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Planar Outburst is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not paying for it. Bulk board wipes don't appreciate meaningfully, so run it while it fills a slot and upgrade to a cheaper or more impactful wipe when one crosses your path.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.