Shatter the Source
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Choose one —
• Shatter the Source deals 6 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle.
• Destroy target artifact.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #13612
Shatter the Source counters a spell and destroys all artifacts and enchantments — sweeping the board of permanents while stopping the spell that would have mattered most. The cost is steep at six mana, but Kasla, the Broken Halo turns that price tag into a feature by letting you cast it from the graveyard repeatedly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo is built to recur powerful spells from the graveyard, and Shatter the Source is exactly the kind of high-impact, high-cost instant that rewards that recursion loop — each cast resets the artifact and enchantment landscape while countering whatever your opponent was relying on to win.
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Ovika, Enigma Goliath cares about noncreature spells generating tokens, and Shatter the Source is a six-mana noncreature spell that dumps a massive wave of Goblin tokens onto the battlefield while simultaneously resetting opposing permanents.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shatter the Source occupies a specific niche: decks that can afford six mana for a catch-all answer and want the mass permanent removal stapled to a counterspell. Outside of Commander, it struggles — six mana is simply too slow for Modern or Pioneer, where cheaper, targeted interaction dominates and board states rarely accumulate enough artifacts and enchantments to justify the investment. Pauper is where Shatter the Source is technically legal but functionally absent; the format's artifact density isn't high enough to make this worth six mana when cheaper answers exist. Legacy and Vintage move too fast to ever tap out for this.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Shatter the Source is deep bulk — pick it up in a common box or trade binder without a second thought. Bulk rare pricing like this rarely moves unless the card finds a breakout home, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.