Storm World
World Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals X damage to that player, where X is 4 minus the number of cards in their hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $42.64
- EDHREC rank
- #25454
Storm World punishes every player at the table who holds more than four cards at end of turn — in a format where hands stay full, that damage adds up fast. It's a niche card that demands a specific shell, but in the right deck it's a genuine clock.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Storm World is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where its entire competitive conversation lives. In Commander, it's a group-slug piece that rewards low-hand-size strategies — pair it with wheels, discard synergies, or a commander like Nekusar, the Mindrazer that already wants opponents drawing and discarding, and Storm World becomes a draining background engine. Legacy and Vintage have the raw card power to empty hands quickly, which actually limits how much work Storm World does in those formats — the damage window is narrow. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read at a smaller table scale.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Storm World sits in a narrow design space — symmetric end-of-turn hand-size punishment — and direct replacements are thin. Cursed Rack forces opponents to four cards maximum rather than dealing damage, which pressures hands without closing the game; it's the closest analogue at a fraction of the price but trades away the win condition entirely. If the goal is taxing large hands rather than dealing damage specifically, Anvil of Bogardan or a wheel-heavy strategy achieves a similar attrition effect without the $40+ price tag.
Price Context
Current price
$42.64 premium tier
At $42.64, Storm World is firmly in premium territory for a card with a narrow Commander application. It's an old card with low reprint history, so the price reflects scarcity more than ubiquity — whether that holds depends on reprint risk, not demand growth.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.