Relic Crush
Instant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #21420
Relic Crush destroys up to two artifacts or enchantments for five mana — serviceable impact, steep price tag. Better options exist at every point on the curve, so unless you're deep in pauper or scraping the bulk bin, skip it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Relic Crush competes against a crowded field of cheaper, more flexible removal — Krosan Grip, Nature's Claim, and Void Rend all do more for less, which makes it hard to justify a slot. The two-target upside is real but conditional on two valid targets being in play simultaneously, a coin flip in most metas. In Pauper, the common card pool narrows the competition enough that Relic Crush sees occasional play as a back-half removal spell in green shells that need artifact hate. Everywhere else — Legacy, Vintage, Modern — the format's pace makes five mana for removal a non-starter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Relic Crush sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move. Pick it up if you need a fifth or sixth artifact/enchantment removal spell on a shoestring budget, but don't expect the price to mean anything beyond "this was in a lot of packs."
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.