Supreme Verdict
Sorcery
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy all creatures.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Promo
- Price
- $4.60
- EDHREC rank
- #470
Supreme Verdict clears every creature on the board for four mana and cannot be countered — that second clause is the whole reason it exists. Biorhythm gets countered; Éowyn, Shieldmaiden's best combat tricks get countered; Supreme Verdict does not.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden rewards you for killing legendary creatures and nonlegendary creatures in different ways, and Supreme Verdict's uncounterability means the wipe resolves even through blue-heavy control opposition at the table, letting Éowyn cash in on the aftermath without the reset being stopped.
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor wants to maintain the monarch position and punish opponents who go wide, and Supreme Verdict does the one thing a monarch pilot fears most — it cleans up creature boards that would otherwise overwhelm you before Aragorn can retake initiative.
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV taxes your opponents' spells, so the last thing you want is a counterspell war over your own board wipe — Supreme Verdict sidesteps that entirely and costs you one less with Augustin's reduction in play.
Phelddagrif
Phelddagrif decks run a group hug gameplan that can lose control of the board it gifted to opponents, and Supreme Verdict is the uncounterable reset valve that cleans up the creature armies you inadvertently enabled.
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic decks lean heavily on life gain and long-game control, and Supreme Verdict is the unconditional sweeper that lets the deck answer any creature-based threat without opening a counter war over its own removal.
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, Supreme Verdict is a staple — the uncounterability clause matters most in a format where blue is everywhere and players protect their boards aggressively. In Modern, it has seen real competitive play as a sideboard and main-deck option in control shells where Wrath of God's double-white pip is identical but the protection clause is a meaningful upgrade. Pioneer offers fewer unconditional four-mana wraths, making Supreme Verdict one of the cleaner options for Azorius and Esper control without the color-intensity concerns. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster answers and broken enough threats that a four-mana sorcery is rarely the right tool, so Supreme Verdict sits on the fringe there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.60 cheap tier
At $4.60, Supreme Verdict sits at the cheap end of premium Commander staples — it's reprinted often enough that the price stays accessible without ever bottoming out, because demand is consistent across Commander, Modern, and Pioneer.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.