Soul Shatter

Instant

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the highest converted mana cost among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

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
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Optimator on Kill The Poor

31 minutes ago

Promise of Loyalty

Ruinous Ultimatum

Baron Bertram Graywater

Demand Answers

Palantir of Orthanc

Kellogg, Dangerous Mind

Kulrath Knight

Bedevil

Stroke of Midnight

Anguished Unmaking

Take the Bait

Fracture

Despark

Get Lost

Soul Shatter

Baleful Mastery

doublecaxwhy on My goth anime girl phase

1 week ago

Papalymo Totolymo for Baral, Chief of Compliance

Scrawling Crawler for Thunderclap Drake

Archaeomancer for Solve the Equation

Thought Vessel for Midnight Clock

Soul Shatter for Professor Onyx

Replace all artifact lands, Buried Ruin and Mana Confluence (way too expensive) for Fell the Profane  ^Flip, Sink into Stupor  ^Flip and basic lands

Coward_Token on The Reunion At Last - Sephiroth V1

1 month ago

Spitballing, feel free to ignore me:

Vona's Hunger can be cast on another player's turn after a creature has already died. While blessed it can kill four on its own (Soul Shatter is also a thing, as is Make an Example)

Crowded Crypt fodder later on, mana value might be awkward

Gifted fodder: Tribute to Horobi  ^Flip, Slaughter Specialist, Curse of Disturbance, Forbidden Orchard, Hunted Bonebrute, Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip (one-winged can fly!)

(Nice curve btw)

DemonDragonJ on Diabolical Machinations

1 year ago

I have replaced Pillage with Soul Shatter, since the latter card better matches the theme of this deck, and that change did increase the prevalence of black in this deck, but I designed this deck to be able to handle such a condition; I almost chose Rush of Dread, but I decided that I preferred an instant over a sorcery and one that affected all opponents simultaneously over one that affected only a single opponent.

Headers13 on Die By Sacrificing

1 year ago

Perilous Predicament

Pick Your Poison

Rakdos, Patron of Chaos

Remorseless Punishment

Riveteers Charm

Soul Shatter

Vengeful Strangler  ^Flip

Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip

Azoth2099 on So basically dimir Talrand

1 year ago

Yeah, I suppose that was a rude way to say that, I apologize.

Once this deck is streamlined, you'll have more than enough token generation to slot Diabolic Intent, especially considering that one of your main combos is Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter. Sacrificing a token so that you can make infinite tokens is worth it.

Also, the utility offered by Black Market Connections here is insane. If you don't want to throw a bunch of life into it once it's served it's purpose you can just pay 1 for a treasure, which is fantastic. The tokens it generates are Changelings as well, which matters a lot if we're talking about quickly getting to the 9. Never be afraid to use your life as a resource, especially in color combos including {B}. You're kicking yourself by doing so! The more powerful and dialed in your decklist is, the more powerful your life will be as a resource, I cannot overstate this.

If you don't want to police the table for fun's sake...that's awesome lol, you're probably super fun to play with! In that case, I'd add more cantrip effects for yourself like Ponder, Brainstorm, Serum Visions, Opt...There's a ton. Windfall, Tolarian Winds, Sign in Blood & Night's Whisper would do great in this new hypothetical card draw pack, too.

As far as what I'd cut to make room for more core strength, here it goes:

Teferi's Veil, Levitation, Cover of Darkness, Glamdring, Maskwood Nexus, Uncovered Clues, Pieces of the Puzzle, Worn Powerstone, Metallurgic Summonings, Quantum Misalignment, Decoy Gambit & Soul Shatter.

None of these are bad cards per se, I definitely understand why you slotted most of them, but if you replace them with some of the cards I mentioned your deck engine will run a lot smoother a lot more often.

SteelSentry on Why Do Recent Sacrifice Effects …

1 year ago

I think it's probably my favorite "super edict" variant they've used so far, actually. Soul Shatter and it's ilk have always been a feel bad when I get hit with them, it's like getting your True-Name Nemesis getting Council's Judgmented in legacy of yesteryear. It's not like they've moved away from printing traditional sacrifice effects, but watching Standard and hearing someone say "I can get a Portal to Phyrexia here, but it doesn't even do anything on this board" makes me appreciate 'sacrifice a good creature' effects.

eliakimras on Equipped Samurai

1 year ago

If your budget allows, consider those swaps:

• Terminate -> Soul Shatter (gets around indestructible and hexproof)
• Mortify -> Anguished Unmaking
• Fracture -> Rakdos Charm (good against graveyard, artifact and token decks)

If you're willing to streamline your creatures to be all Samurai, these are some good picks:

• Kindred Dominance
• And They Shall Know No Fear

Also, Mythos of Snapdax and Cleansing Nova stumble on your many artifacts. Consider those swaps:

• Cleansing Nova -> Merciless Eviction
• Mythos of Snapdax -> Patrician's Scorn (it is even free if you use alongside one of your many {W} instants)