Hour of Devastation

Sorcery

All creatures lose indestructible until end of turn. Hour of Devastation deals 5 damage to each creature and each non-Bolas planeswalker.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

IlLupo643 on Favorite plane and why?

1 month ago

Andramalech I completely agree. I have to give a shout out to Hazoret the Fervent as my favorite of all Gods, Amonkhet's pantheon following right behind but when Rhonas stepped out as the strongest off the Amonkhet Gods and proceeded to get murdered by the Scorpion was a traumatic shock. I knew it was the Hour of Devastation but to see a God fall filled me with fret that Hazoret was going to be on that list. When Bontu beat her and turned her over to Bolas my heart sank, then the God-Pharaoh surprised even me, for he too loved Hazoret and took out Bontu for her Ambition. The Fury of the Survivor is strong and I hope to see more of her again soon.

Bookrook on Battle Hymn of the Seraphim

3 months ago

Burn Down the House and Hour of Devastation are better cards than Inferno. Also, you need to be less concerned about the average converted mana cost of cards. If you have an absurdly high average cmc then I can understand, but it shouldn’t be that big of a worry. The new Explosive Getaway should be a good card. Vedalken Orrery doesn’t fit inside every single deck. Simply giving everything flash isn’t that valuable in a deck like this. For other cuts, the {W}{W}{W}{W} on Phyrexian Vindicator is rough, especially when the damage incoming is halved from Gisela, so your actually getting less damage.

griffstick on Which Mass Destruction Spell(s) Should …

2 years ago

I think the board wipes that hit early at a low cost are best here. Also board wipes that make the creatures deal damage to them selves. Since Gisela, Blade of Goldnight splits it in half on your stuff, it will not kill your creatures, additionally it doubles the damage your opponents creatures would deal to them selves.

Some of the board wipes I recommend are

• Day of Judgment
• Hour of Revelation

When paired with your cmdr

• Solar Blaze
• Wave of Reckoning

Other good ones when paired with your cmdr

• Incendiary Command
• Brotherhood's End
• Hour of Devastation
• Reckless Endeavor

Moving on to other good wipes, and noncreature wipes, and choice wipes.

• Austere Command
• Cleansing Nova
• Farewell
• Tragic Arrogance
• Dismantling Wave

RiotRunner789 on Indestructibility Rules Question

2 years ago

Does an effect like Hour of Devastation that removes indestructibility work on something with an indestructibility counter (such as Solphim, Mayhem Dominus)?

I know an effect like Humility wouldn't effect +1/+1 counters but I do not think it works the same for effects that remove indestructibility.

Am I wrong? Does anyone know exactly how this would work?

Barbarian_Sun_Pope on The Floor is Lava

2 years ago

Yeah, this is definitely a casual deck and I did mention it is a bit too slow for the format it is in, but unfortunately since the deck revolves around Manabarbs and Fires of Invention, there's not much wiggle room to lower the MV of the deck. I've considered replacing Burn Down the House and Hour of Devastation with cheaper removal (Flamebreak/Anger of the Gods), but I had a lot trouble with Tarmogorf and planeswalkers like Wrenn and Six. Do you have any suggestions?

Speedster374 on Come at me bro!

2 years ago

I prefer Thalia's Lieutenant over Champion of the Parish as the additional {1} mana is usually worth the ETB buff as a late game draw.

Hall of Triumph could be replaced by Path of Bravery or Spear of Heliod depending on your preferred playstyle.

Angel of Glory's Rise is a winner for Darien decks, currently it will resurrect 75% of your creatures (and the bonus zombie interaction is fun too). Sun Titan is also great repeatable resurrection, bringing back a current 64% of your permanent cards.

Mirror Entity is a cool card to think about, it adds to your human/soldier count and acts as a mana-sink late game to turn your army into buff dudes (either to attack with or survive damage-based removal such as Hour of Devastation)

Stardragon on

2 years ago

hmm a single copy of Bow of Nylea would be good, its probably god weapon I use the most (and not just because im a green main) with Whip of Erebos coming in a close second that i use the most for it's utility and cheap cost, Kessig Wolf Run for either a mountain or a temple again for utility Skarrg, the Rage Pits for the same reason though i don't think you need both just which ever one you like more. and i love how simple the deck is but your or real form of removal is badgersaur and relies on discarding non creature or lands, so things like Hull Breach or Decimate could help with problematic things and Savage Twister in case you need a board wipe Starstorm works here to, there are others that could work but these are flexible in how much damage you want to do and i personally like them better than Blasphemous Act for there flexibility. Asceticism is expensive both mana and price and it doesn't add to the board state immediately but it's protection from spot removal and debuffs and a form of recursion.

If need be for a sideboard (I don't know if casual has a side board) i would put some of these for flying hate since that would wreck you since you have no fly protection things like Spidersilk Armor or Gravity Well. Indestructible destoryers like Burn from Within or Hour of Devastation would be ok as well. And if your opponent is blue Prowling Serpopard can help protect your badgers

For now thats it maybe after a night of sleep i'll be able to think of more but for know this should give so fat to chew on.

Argy on Red Board Wipes

3 years ago

I disagree that Burn Down the House is better than Hour of Devastation, due to Hour of Devastation getting rid of Indestructible.

I always pack Hour of Devastation in my Sideboard, unless my deck specifically works better with a different board wipe.

You'll notice most of the Pro decks pack Hour of Devastation, too.