Wrath of the Skies
Sorcery
You get X 
(energy counters), then you may pay any amount of . Destroy each artifact, creature, and enchantment with mana value less than or equal to the amount of paid this way.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $4.92
- EDHREC rank
- #8362
Wrath of the Skies clears the board of every artifact, creature, and enchantment with a mana value equal to or less than the number of artifacts you control — in the right deck, that reads 'destroy everything your opponents have built while leaving your own token army standing.' Satya, Aetherflux Genius runs it in over 40% of builds because the token-flood that Satya generates both fuels the threshold and survives a sweep calibrated around it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Satya, Aetherflux Genius
Satya, Aetherflux Genius turns Wrath of the Skies into a one-sided board wipe: the artifact tokens Satya produces push the threshold high while the freshly copied creatures dodging under it represent exactly the board state you want after the dust clears.
Dr. Madison Li
Dr. Madison Li builds artifact counts naturally through her research token engine, giving Wrath of the Skies the threshold it needs to hit meaningful mana values while the noncreature artifacts she prizes most often survive or are easily replaced.
Liberty Prime, Recharged
Liberty Prime, Recharged wants a wide artifact board to fuel its own cost reductions, and Wrath of the Skies slots in as a reset valve — the artifact-count synergy means the sweep often leaves Liberty Prime's support structure intact while wiping opposing threats.
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 Wrath of the Skies earns its keep — the format's artifact-heavy metagame means threshold is rarely hard to reach, and asymmetric board wipes are exactly the kind of card multiplayer tables demand. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially invisible; those formats move too fast and too linearly for a conditional sweeper that needs setup to function. Oathbreaker is a plausible second home if your planeswalker fuels an artifact count, but the smaller card pool and faster clock make Wrath of the Skies a fringe inclusion at best outside Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.92 cheap tier
At $4.92, Wrath of the Skies sits at the high end of the budget tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate purchase, cheap enough that it belongs in any artifact deck that can trigger it consistently. It's a recent card with a narrow but real use case, so the price is unlikely to erode much unless a reprint hits.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Satya, Aetherflux Genius
- Dr. Madison Li
- Liberty Prime, Recharged
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.