Roil's Retribution
Instant
Roil's Retribution deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking or blocking creatures.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #30287
Roil's Retribution hits five targets for five mana — that's a board wipe stapled to a single instant, and it's rarely dead when you cast it. The card asks very little of your deck and delivers a full table-reset in token-heavy games.
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 |
In Commander, Roil's Retribution earns its slot in any blue deck that struggles to answer multiple small threats at once — token swarms, mana dorks, and utility creatures all fold to a single cast. Five mana at instant speed is the right rate for a sweeper you can hold up on an opponent's end step. Outside Commander, the card sees virtually no play in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, where five mana for a conditional sweeper is too slow and too narrow against the threats that matter.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Roil's Retribution is deep bulk — there's no financial floor beneath this, and it won't appreciate. Pick up a copy freely; just don't expect any value recovery if the deck gets dismantled.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.