Wrath of God
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Price
- $4.59
- EDHREC rank
- #623
Wrath of God clears the board at four mana with no exceptions — regeneration doesn't save anything, and indestructible only matters if your opponent is running Avacyn, Angel of Hope. The cost is real: you're resetting your own board too, and Biorhythm aside, nothing punishes a symmetric wipe like being the one who rebuilds slower.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Avacyn, Angel of Hope makes Wrath of God completely one-sided — your permanents are indestructible, theirs aren't, so four mana buys a full reset that only your opponent actually feels. At a 64% inclusion rate, this is the defining reason Avacyn lists run the card.
Zurgo Helmsmasher
Zurgo Helmsmasher is indestructible on your turn, so Wrath of God on your opponent's end step clears every blocker and leaves Zurgo untouched for the next swing. The interaction is straightforward and brutal.
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled puts coin counters on creatures, so Wrath of God doubles as a mass blink trigger — everything that dies comes back under your control at your next upkeep. It turns a symmetrical sweep into a one-sided theft engine.
Atreus, Impulsive Son // Kratos, Stoic Father
Atreus, Impulsive Son // Kratos, Stoic Father rewards aggressive board presence, and Wrath of God serves as the reset button that clears stalled boards before Kratos can end the game. Keeping the threat density high while having access to a clean sweep is exactly the tension this commander wants to exploit.
Phelddagrif
Phelddagrif decks lean on political goodwill and group hug mechanics, and Wrath of God is the ace up the sleeve when the table stops cooperating — a clean, unconditional board clear that doesn't require any of the group's permission to resolve.
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, Wrath of God is a staple — four mana for unconditional, no-regeneration board wipe is the baseline every white deck measures other sweepers against. Modern still sees it as a playable option in creature-heavy metas, though Supreme Verdict has largely pushed it out of competitive sideboards for being counterable. Legacy and Vintage treat it as a role-player at best, since those formats move too fast for a four-mana sorcery to be a primary answer. Pioneer and Standard don't have access to it, and Pauper is out on rarity alone. In Oathbreaker, the same Commander calculus applies — if your signature spell or planeswalker benefits from a clean board, Wrath of God earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.59 cheap tier
At $4.59, Wrath of God sits in the cheap tier for what is functionally a format staple with decades of reprints behind it. The price is unlikely to climb significantly given how many printings exist, which makes this one of the safest pickups in white — you're paying for reliability, not scarcity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Biorhythm
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope
- Zurgo Helmsmasher
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
- Atreus, Impulsive Son // Kratos, Stoic Father
- Phelddagrif
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.