Terminus
Sorcery
Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries.
Miracle 
(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #4766
Terminus puts every creature on the bottom of its owner's library — no graveyard triggers, no death triggers, no comebacks — for six mana at instant speed, or free when you miracle it off the top. Aminatou, Veil Piercer decks run it at an absurd 63% inclusion rate because manipulating the top of your library turns that miracle into a repeatable reset button.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Aminatou, Veil Piercer's ability to scry and reorder the top of your library makes Terminus a reliable miracle rather than a lucky topdeck, and putting every threat under libraries instead of into graveyards lines up perfectly with her strategy of blanking death-trigger and graveyard-based opponents.
Aminatou, the Fateshifter
Aminatou, the Fateshifter's minus ability to blink permanents and reorder the top of your library gives Terminus near-consistent miracle availability, letting you hold up six mana only when you can't set it up — otherwise it's free.
Elminster
Elminster's scry-heavy ability stack means Terminus sits on top of your library exactly when you need a board reset, turning a conditional six-mana sorcery into a free instant-speed answer on demand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Terminus earns its slot over Wrath of God and Day of Judgment in any deck that manipulates the top of its library — miracle makes it free, and the bottom-of-library clause shuts down aristocrats, reanimator, and any commander with a death trigger. In Legacy, it's a control staple specifically because miracling it off a Brainstorm or Ponder leaves opponents with no recourse: no flashback, no unearth, no graveyard recursion. Modern can run it but rarely does, since the format's threat density rewards cheaper wraths and the miracle setup is less consistent without Legacy-level cantrips. Vintage has access to better options, so Terminus is fringe there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Terminus is bulk despite being a format-defining reset in Legacy and a staple in top-of-library Commander builds — reprint volume has kept it accessible. It's a firm buy at this price for any deck that can set up miracles; the effect is not replaceable at any cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.