Wit's End
Sorcery
Target player discards their hand.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #20577
Wit's End strips every card from target opponent's hand — complete hand destruction for one player at seven mana. It's a haymaker in the right shell, but seven mana for a sorcery that does nothing to the board is a real ask.
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 the only format where Wit's End earns consistent play, and even there it belongs in dedicated discard or tax shells rather than as a generic finisher. In a four-player game, it wipes one player's hand and leaves the other two untouched, so the effect is narrower than it first appears — best deployed to kneecap the scariest hand at the table, not as a symmetrical punish. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but seven-mana sorceries don't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one outside context where it occasionally shows up in black hand-control builds, where a planeswalker's static or activated ability compounds the disruption.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Wit's End is firmly bulk — easy to pick up and easy to cut without regret. The price reflects its narrow role; demand is low enough that it's unlikely to climb unless a new discard commander pushes hand-hate into the mainstream.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.