Shatter the Oath
Sorcery
Destroy target creature or enchantment. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #19408
Shatter the Oath destroys target artifact and target enchantment in one spell — two permanent types answered at instant speed for three mana. That rate is good enough that it earns a slot over most single-target answers in any white deck that faces both.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shatter the Oath does the work of two removal spells at once, which matters when you have 99 cards and three opponents producing threats. The instant speed is the differentiator — most artifact and enchantment removal in white is sorcery-speed, so being able to pop a Smothering Tithe or blow up a Grafted Exoskeleton at end of turn before your combat is a real upgrade. In smaller 1v1 formats like Modern or Pioneer, three mana for a conditional two-for-one is too slow when your opponent won't always have both target types on board simultaneously. Pauper is where single-target answers at common are most scrutinized for efficiency, and Shatter the Oath passes that bar cleanly given how few instants hit both artifact and enchantment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Shatter the Oath sits firmly in bulk territory — you're picking this out of a dollar box, not tracking it. Bulk utility removal rarely spikes unless it gets featured in a high-profile deck list, so treat it as a free inclusion, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.