Planetary Annihilation
Sorcery
Each player chooses six lands they control, then sacrifices the rest. Planetary Annihilation deals 6 damage to each creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #5736
Planetary Annihilation exiles all lands — not destroys, exiles — which means indestructible basics and Crucible of Worlds loops do nothing to save your opponents. Nine mana is a real ceiling, but Hearthhull, the Worldseed turns that cost into a feature by flooding the board with land-derived value the moment the dust settles.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hearthhull, the Worldseed
Hearthhull, the Worldseed is the natural home for Planetary Annihilation because Hearthhull's triggers care about lands entering and leaving play — nuking every land on the board then rebuilding through Hearthhull's own engine leaves opponents in the dirt while you're already accelerating.
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd prizes mass land destruction as a reset that punishes non-green decks hardest, and Planetary Annihilation's exile clause ensures nothing comes back from the graveyard, which is exactly the clean slate Szarel wants before reasserting a mana advantage.
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 |
Planetary Annihilation is a Commander card through and through — nine mana is only reachable in a format with Sol Ring, green ramp, and 40-life cushion. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, nothing about a nine-mana sorcery with no immediate protection is competitive; those formats kill you on turn one or two before you see this. Commander is the only context where the effect is worth the cost: late-game land wipes are a recognized strategy, and the exile rider makes Planetary Annihilation strictly more final than cheaper alternatives like Armageddon.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Planetary Annihilation sits firmly in bulk territory despite being one of the more powerful land-wipe effects in Commander. Bulk mythics with narrow homes tend to stay cheap, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully unless Hearthhull, the Worldseed decks spike in popularity.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.