Smash to Dust
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target creature with defender.
• Smash to Dust deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #5278
Smash to Dust deals 1 damage to each creature and each planeswalker — a sweeper-lite that pulls double duty as artifact removal when you need it — all for three mana at instant speed. In Judith, Carnage Connoisseur decks where pinging every creature on board is the entire point, this is a staple, not a flex slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur amplifies every instance of damage dealt, so the 1-damage ping from Smash to Dust becomes a board-wide trigger factory — hitting each creature and planeswalker simultaneously means Judith's effect fires for each one, turning a cheap sweep into a mass value engine.
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph turns any source that deals exactly 1 damage into 3 damage instead, so Smash to Dust's per-creature ping gets tripled across every target on board — the math gets out of hand fast in a deck built around that clause.
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot rewards dealing damage equal to a creature's toughness, and Smash to Dust's 1-damage pings can reliably finish off 1-toughness creatures, letting Taii Wakeen trigger on each one to draw or generate additional value.
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell adds 2 to each damage source you control, pushing Smash to Dust's 1-damage hits to 3 — enough to clear most utility creatures and small blockers outright, which is exactly the role Torbran decks need cheap red spells to fill.
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, Smash to Dust occupies a narrow but reliable niche: it's the go-to in decks built around 1-damage ping effects, where Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph and Judith, Carnage Connoisseur make it absurdly efficient, and it's a passable budget slot in any red deck that wants incidental artifact hate stapled to a sweeper effect. Outside Commander, Smash to Dust is legal in Pauper, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, but its impact drops sharply — competitive creature suites in those formats typically outscale a 1-damage sweep, and the artifact mode rarely justifies the slot when dedicated removal exists. Pauper is its most credible non-Commander home, where 1-toughness creatures are common enough that the board-wide ping has real teeth.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Smash to Dust is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice if you're building any of the decks it's designed for. Bulk commons at this price point don't appreciate meaningfully, so buy it for the function, not the foil.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.