Winds of Abandon
Sorcery
Exile target creature you don't control. For each creature exiled this way, its controller searches their library for a basic land card. Those players put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Overload 
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Price
- $4.09
- EDHREC rank
- #2100
Winds of Abandon exiles an entire board for six mana — the overloaded mode is one of the cleanest mass-exile effects in white, bypassing indestructible, regeneration, and graveyard recursion entirely. The cost is real: every opponent searches up basic lands, so expect three to nine free ramp triggers against you. Ketramose, the New Dawn turns that liability into fuel, converting the opponents' newly entered lands into draw and life triggers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Ketramose, the New Dawn rewards opponents for putting lands into play, which means the basic-land rider on Winds of Abandon stops being a drawback and starts being part of the engine — each search triggers Ketramose's draw and life-gain, so you're clearing the board and refueling simultaneously.
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, Winds of Abandon is a staple-tier sweeper — exile unconditionally answers everything Path to Exile can't, and the ramp-for-opponents downside is tolerable or actively beneficial in the right build. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but white removal in those formats leans on Path to Exile and Swords to Plowshares for single-target efficiency; the overloaded mode is too slow and the land gift too punishing against fast combo. Modern is where Winds of Abandon has the most marginal case outside Commander — Supreme Verdict and Solitude handle most clean-up duties, so it sees virtually no play there. Its real home remains multiplayer Commander, where six mana to exile every creature on the table at instant speed is simply worth the price of entry.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.09 cheap tier
At $4.09, Winds of Abandon sits at the low end of the premium-sweeper range — cheap enough that there's no excuse to run a strictly worse alternative like Hallowed Burial if you need exile-based mass removal. Demand from Ketramose, the New Dawn and white-based Commander staple lists should keep it stable at this price.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.