Wake of Destruction

Sorcery

Destroy target land and all other lands with the same name as that land.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (34)

Femme_Fatale on Commander bracket recommendation

3 months ago

It had not been implemented yet as I was asked to try and reduce some of the complexity. I don't think I succeeded.

Tutor:

"search your library for ... card..."
"searches their library for ... card..."
"may search their library for ... card..."
"search target opponent's library for ... card ... you may"
"search target opponent's library for ... card ... that card onto the battlefield under your control"
Exception: Any string that replaces the first elipses that has the words basic, Plains, Forest, Island, Mountain or Swamp.
Exception: Any string that replaces the first elipses that has a period in it.
Exception: Any string that replaces the second elipses that starts with "s named" or " named" or " with the same name"

This should catch instances of multiple cards being tutored. Note the lack of an inclusion of a period at the end for the first three.

All instances of the word "your" can be swapped for "target player" or "each player".

Individual cards: Demonic Consultation, Divining Witch, Emergent Ultimatum, Quiet Speculation, Tunnel Vision

Individual exceptions: AEther Searcher, Boldwyr Heavyweights, Hired Giant

Mass Land Denial:

"sacrifices ... lands"
"return ... lands to their owner's hands."
Exception: If the above ... has "two" or "three" in it for any of them.

"each player ... chooses ... land(s) ... sacrifices the rest."

"lands don't untap"
"players can't untap ... land"
Exception: If the card is instant or sorcery.

All instances of the word "land" dictated as a requirement in the strings above can be swapped for "permanent".

"lands are (land subtype)."

All instances of the word land dictated as a requirement in the strings above can be swapped with "nonbasic land", "Plains", "Forest", "Island", "Mountain" or "Swamp".
All instances of the word "sacrifices" can be swapped for "destroy" or "exile".
All instances of the word "player" can be swapped for "opponent".

A global expection for all Mass Land Denial is made if "nonland" is in any elipses.

Individual cards: Desolation, Equipoise, Hall of Gemstone, Land Equilibrium, Limited Resources, Mana Breach, Mana Vortex, Overburden, Pox, Quicksilver Fountain, Sands of Time, Storm Cauldron, Tangle Wire, Temporal Distortion, Thoughts of Ruin, Wake of Destruction, Ward of Bones, Words of Wind, World Queller

Individual exceptions: Hibernation, Scourglass

Nothing is case sensitive

gavriel1136 on Horror, Carnage, and Annihilation. All are Rakdos.

4 years ago

Love the flavor! One nitpick, I'm not sure Wake of Destruction works with Urborg the way you wrote. If I'm not mistaken, Wake destroys each land with the same NAME. Urborg gives each land a similar TYPE. Consider any dual land cycle as an example: Watery Grave.

Otherwise looks really crazy and fun!

Pheardemons on Horror, Carnage, and Annihilation. All are Rakdos.

5 years ago

Wake of Destruction is a maybe but Nightmare Incursion is definitely staying. I've exiled 15+ cards with. Not to mention adding Sadistic Sacrament on top of it for those that decide to incur Rakdos' wrath early haha. I am looking at AEther Snap as it has been underwhelming as of late. Even though on paper the card is insanely good. Everlasting Torment is another that I haven't cared for. It's in there for the "damage can't be prevented" aspect, but that just hasn't mattered recently. Not to mention I have other instant speed sources. I like the idea and am willing to try it out king-saproling. Thanks for the comment man!

king-saproling on Horror, Carnage, and Annihilation. All are Rakdos.

5 years ago

Thank you too, followers of Rakdos unite! Maybe swap out Nightmare Incursion and Wake of Destruction ?

Gidgetimer on can I cast an instant …

6 years ago

Please link all cards in your question.

Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Wake of Destruction

Vedalken Orrery

Yes. Loyalty abilities, like other activated abilities, go on the stack and can be responded to. Nissa doesn't make the lands indestructible until the ultimate resolves. The forests from her ability will not yet be on the battlefield either though, so your opponent would still be able to put out any remaining forest cards from their deck and there would be no time that they had those cards out and didn't have the emblem.

Dark_Paladin on Firesong & Sunspeaker Unite!

6 years ago

personal thoughts as a boros main... i would swap the Ash Barrens for Mistveil Plains , what you lose in speed you gain back in sweet synergy with sunforger, or at worst, tossing spells back into you deck is never a bad thing.

also consider Talisman of Conviction , its basically another signet, and thats never really a bad thing.

it can be a bit awkward to get used to playing around, but i have found a lot of love for Experimental Frenzy to help with card draw

as for spells i enjoy, Starstorm , Wake of Destruction , Comeuppance are some of my personal favorites

you might also look into Pariah and Pariah's Shield for some janky-fun infinite loop combinations with your Boros reckoner type creatures + repercussion

UsedToVenom on Terminator Judgement Day WMLD

6 years ago

Game Plan

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Story

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You (Neheb) are a T-800 (Bolas Systems Model 101) Lazotep organism formed from a minotaur mold. You are to bring the end-times to these lands. Destroy all so a new age of lazotep can begin!

Strategy

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1. Draw into commander protection while establishing non-land mana
2. Deploy T-800 Neheb and hexproof/shroud/indestructibility him
3. Blow the lands to hell
4. Atart establishing stronger board using Neheb and artifact mana
5. Smashi for commander damage

In case of emergency, clear board with one of your non-land nukes.

Cards that have alread been cut from the project and sometimes why

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• Static Orb - Found to stall out the game too much, maybe played too fast and got too much hate for it?
• Sphere of Resistance - replaced with God-Pharaoh's Statue
• Wake of Destruction - felt bad when it would wreck orher mono-colored buddies. Mono-love!
• Molten Hydra - wouldn't grow fast enough, replaced with Stolen Strategy
• Ember Swallower - too much mana for a minor effect that late into the game. replaced with Etali, Primal Storm

triproberts12 on Ten Piece (Pirate Tribal)

6 years ago

Since pirates are fairly weak as a tribe, you're going to need to limit what others can do and attack their resources in order to chip in for the win. Your commander helps with creatures, so I would attack the hand and mana to slow them down.

I recommend discard like Capital Punishment , Dark Intimations , Discovery / Dispersal , Herald of Anguish (great with treasures!), Syphon Mind , Liliana's Specter , Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  ^Flip, Scythe Specter , Siren of the Silent Song , Skull Rend , Tasigur's Cruelty , and Torment of Hailfire .

While land destruction is often looked down upon as unfun, if you decide to keep with a lot of small creatures, you can come out at an advantage by keeping the lands on the board low. You'd have to build your deck to accommodate that, though. For that, you have Mana Vortex , Tectonic Break , Desolation , Epicenter , Ember Swallower , Rite of Ruin (again, great with treasures), Boom / Bust , Impending Disaster , and Wake of Destruction . You'll also find that creature stealing effects snowball, since you can remove blockers to get in with your pirates. Insurrection , Expropriate , and Blatant Thievery will all serve you well.

I would also lean more heavily into treasures. Mechanized Production acts as a second copy of Revel in Riches to that end, and Brass's Bounty will help get you there.

Some generic tribal cards will also help. Cards like Vanquisher's Banner , Shared Animosity , Door of Destinies , Konda's Banner , Kindred Dominance , Kindred Discovery , Coat of Arms , Metallic Mimic , Adaptive Automaton , Obelisk of Urd , Path of Ancestry , etc. will help shore up the weakness of the tribe.

As for old pirates, consider Rishadan Brigand , Rishadan Cutpurse , Rishadan Footpad , Talas Explorer , Talas Warrior , and Cloud Pirates .

Finally, I would head to EDHREC just to see the staples that are played in Grixis colors, as well as for your commander and whatever theme you choose to go with. You can also toggle to budget in the top right in order to see what will make it easier to build without sinking a bunch of money into the deck. However, keep in mind that cards like River's Rebuke don't scale up well to multiplayer, so you'll find the choices people make are very different. While cards like Cyclonic Rift , Sol Ring and Vandalblast will hurt the pocketbook a bit, they're good investments for whatever Commander decks you choose to build in the future.

If you don't like what you see, you can also head to Scryfall to search for cards. They'll let you limit the results to cards in your color identity, put price limits, and let your rank the results by how much commander play they see.