The Final Days
Sorcery
Create two tapped 2/2 black Horror creature tokens. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, instead create X of those tokens, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #13532
The Final Days wipes every creature on the board for five mana — unconditional, no threshold, no setup — and Emet-Selch, Unsundered turns that mass death directly into card advantage or token generation. At five mana in a four-player format, it's a clean answer to any board state that's gotten out of hand.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Emet-Selch, Unsundered triggers off creatures dying, so The Final Days isn't just removal — it's a one-card engine that converts every creature on the table into whatever Emet-Selch promises on death, making this a near-auto-include at 27% adoption across his decks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, The Final Days competes in a crowded field of five-mana wraths — Wrath of God, Damnation, Blasphemous Act — and it holds up because it hits all creatures with no exemptions and no conditions. Outside Commander, it's legal in every major 60-card format, but unconditional sorcery-speed wraths at five mana are too slow for Modern and Pioneer metas built around going under or around them. Legacy and Vintage have access to cheaper, more efficient sweepers that make this redundant. The card's real home is the 100-card format, specifically in commanders like Emet-Selch, Unsundered who convert the mass death into immediate value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, The Final Days sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes sense for a functional but unspectacular board wipe with no scarcity behind it. Bulk rares at this price point rarely hold or climb unless a commander or combo pushes demand, so buy the copies you need and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.