Temporal Cleansing
Sorcery
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.)
The owner of target nonland permanent puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #12765
Temporal Cleansing exiles all creatures — a clean, symmetrical reset that hits indestructible and regenerating threats that most board wipes miss. The catch is the cost: it's a sorcery that asks for significant mana, so it belongs in decks that can either cheat it out or reliably hit that threshold without falling behind.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo cares about spells with high mana values, and Temporal Cleansing slots directly into that engine — casting or recurring it generates the kind of high-impact play Kasla rewards while simultaneously clearing every creature off the board.
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, Temporal Cleansing earns its slot specifically because exile-based board wipes are rare and indestructible creatures are everywhere — Avacyn, Angel of Hope and friends laugh at Wrath of God but not this. Outside Commander, the formats where it's legal don't particularly want it: competitive Modern and Pioneer have faster, cheaper answers, and a sorcery-speed exile wipe at this cost is simply too slow to matter in those contexts. Pauper is the only other format worth a glance, and even there the ceiling is low. This is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Temporal Cleansing is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a genuinely useful effect. Bulk rares with narrow applications tend to stay cheap, so don't expect any price movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.