Wipe Away
Instant
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #14928
Wipe Away bounces any permanent — including problem pieces like Lethal Vapors — at instant speed with split second, making it one of the cleanest answers blue has to non-land permanents. Three mana is a real cost, but the split second clause means it resolves through activated abilities, triggered responses, and anything short of a replacement effect.
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 |
Commander is where Wipe Away earns its slot — the format's reliance on high-value permanents and activated abilities makes split second genuinely threatening, since opponents can't crack a fetchland or activate a sacrifice outlet in response. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana at sorcery-equivalent speed (even with the split second upside) is too slow when counterspells and cantrips dominate the interaction suite. Wipe Away is a Commander card first, a fringe option in slower casual Legacy tables second, and essentially absent from every other competitive format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Lethal VaporsTeferi's ProtectionWipe Away
Skip all your future turns, causing your opponents to eventually draw from an empty library and lose the game; You have protection from everything; Your life total can't change; Lock
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Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Wipe Away is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or in a common/uncommon lot. The price is unlikely to move significantly given repeated printings and the card's niche role, but at this cost there's no reason not to own a copy if you're running blue in Commander.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.