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MTG Board Wipes By color

Every wrath, sweeper and mass removal spell in Magic, sorted by the one thing an editor cannot fake: how many tracked decks actually run it

Last computed 2 Sep 2026 · recomputed weekly

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Board wipes ranked

What are the best MTG board wipes?

The best MTG board wipes are the ones players actually reach for, and only a handful of those measurably raise your win rate. The lists below rank every mono-color and colorless board wipe in Magic: The Gathering by how many tracked Commander decks run it, counted from real games on Playgroup.gg. Where a card has been played enough for us to measure its effect on winning, and that effect is clearly positive, its win-rate lift is shown beside the count.

Deck counts are drawn from 145,968 tracked decks on Playgroup.gg.

Lists last computed 2 Sep 2026 from decks and games tracked on Playgroup.gg.

By color

Board wipes by color

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Black Board Wipes

Black's sweepers kill by removing toughness or forcing sacrifices, so they get past indestructible where a destroy effect cannot.

13,011

Decks running Toxic Deluge

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
1	Toxic Deluge +2.1% win rate · 23,863 games with it · 2941 pilots · 794 commander groups	13,011	+2.1%
2	Living Death +0.1% win rate · 9,110 games with it · 1198 pilots · 288 commander groups	4,342	+0.1%
3	Damnation +0.9% win rate · 5,854 games with it · 750 pilots · 353 commander groups	3,612	+0.9%
4	Massacre Wurm +0.9% win rate · 7,612 games with it · 1005 pilots · 244 commander groups	3,436	+0.9%
5	The Meathook Massacre +2.4% win rate · 6,952 games with it · 908 pilots · 340 commander groups	3,406	+2.4%
6	Kindred Dominance	3,337	—
7	Blasphemous Edict	2,644	—
8	Decree of Pain	2,329	—
9	Liliana, Dreadhorde General	2,280	—
10	Crux of Fate	1,952	—

Show 20 more black board wipes (ranks 11-30)

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
11	Archfiend of Ifnir	1,934	—
12	Archfiend of Depravity	1,695	—
13	In Garruk's Wake	1,603	—
14	Doomwake Giant	1,503	—
15	Black Sun's Zenith	1,451	—
16	Massacre Girl	1,444	—
17	Crippling Fear	1,410	—
18	Swarmyard Massacre	1,252	—
19	Blood Money	1,203	—
20	Final Act	1,190	—
21	Liliana, Death's Majesty	1,116	—
22	Mutilate	1,057	—
23	Nuclear Fallout	961	—
24	Olivia's Wrath	950	—
25	Necromantic Selection	930	—
26	Zombie Apocalypse	784	—
27	One Ring to Rule Them All	769	—
28	Carnifex Demon	742	—
29	Midnight Banshee	742	—
30	Deadly Tempest	730	—

See the full black board wipe list

Red Board Wipes

Red wipes by dealing damage to everything, which is cheap and broad but stops working against high-toughness boards.

25,631

Decks running Blasphemous Act

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
1	Blasphemous Act +0.3% win rate · 49,873 games with it · 5403 pilots · 1140 commander groups	25,631	+0.3%
2	Vandalblast +0.4% win rate · 19,539 games with it · 2718 pilots · 739 commander groups	10,818	+0.4%
3	Chandra's Ignition +0.2% win rate · 10,451 games with it · 1358 pilots · 332 commander groups	4,064	+0.2%
4	Chain Reaction	3,944	—
5	Balefire Dragon	1,769	—
6	Fiery Confluence	1,679	—
7	Delayed Blast Fireball +1.7% win rate · 3,303 games with it · 447 pilots · 160 commander groups	1,543	+1.7%
8	Starstorm	1,200	—
9	Pyrohemia	1,199	—
10	Call Forth the Tempest +1.0% win rate · 2,232 games with it · 339 pilots · 123 commander groups	1,111	+1.0%

Show 20 more red board wipes (ranks 11-30)

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
11	Spiteful Banditry +0.1% win rate · 1,979 games with it · 315 pilots · 119 commander groups	1,091	+0.1%
12	Earthquake	1,028	—
13	Ashling, Flame Dancer +0.1% win rate · 1,985 games with it · 293 pilots · 105 commander groups	1,027	+0.1%
14	Chandra, Awakened Inferno	979	—
15	Volcanic Torrent +0.8% win rate · 1,262 games with it · 277 pilots · 62 commander groups	939	+0.8%
16	Urabrask // The Great Work	921	—
17	Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor	920	—
18	Reckless Endeavor	883	—
19	End the Festivities	861	—
20	Planetary Annihilation	803	—
21	Mizzium Mortars	731	—
22	Tectonic Hazard	705	—
23	Village Pillagers	696	—
24	Star of Extinction	642	—
25	Ultimate Magic: Meteor	613	—
26	Magmaquake	588	—
27	Volcanic Vision +1.3% win rate · 885 games with it · 160 pilots · 65 commander groups	570	+1.3%
28	Nibelheim Aflame	565	—
29	Fire Magic	560	—
30	Soul Immolation +0.8% win rate · 1,365 games with it · 135 pilots · 85 commander groups	482	+0.8%

See the full red board wipe list

Blue Board Wipes

Blue rarely destroys. Its sweepers bounce, counter or tuck instead, which answers a board without filling graveyards.

12,721

Decks running Cyclonic Rift

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
1	Cyclonic Rift +3.3% win rate · 25,618 games with it · 2609 pilots · 887 commander groups	12,721	+3.3%
2	Aetherize	5,056	—
3	Raise the Palisade +0.8% win rate · 5,288 games with it · 799 pilots · 209 commander groups	3,804	+0.8%
4	Wave Goodbye +0.4% win rate · 4,371 games with it · 698 pilots · 99 commander groups	2,131	+0.4%
5	Perplexing Test	1,653	—
6	Desynchronization	1,210	—
7	Evacuation	1,184	—
8	Scourge of Fleets	994	—
9	Whelming Wave	959	—
10	Season of Weaving +0.1% win rate · 1,540 games with it · 230 pilots · 116 commander groups	842	+0.1%

Show 20 more blue board wipes (ranks 11-30)

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
11	Aetherspouts	787	—
12	Devastation Tide	684	—
13	Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis	661	—
14	River's Rebuke	651	—
15	Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim	626	—
16	Summon: Leviathan	592	—
17	Zimone's Hypothesis	580	—
18	Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep	520	—
19	Consuming Tide	518	—
20	Spectral Deluge	487	—
21	Sunderflock	478	—
22	Ugin's Binding +2.5% win rate · 1,100 games with it · 150 pilots · 35 commander groups	471	+2.5%
23	Flood of Tears	453	—
24	Aethersquall Ancient	440	—
25	Filter Out	388	—
26	Wash Out	382	—
27	Engulf the Shore	364	—
28	Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror	296	—
29	Ixidron	221	—
30	Cyclone Summoner	220	—

See the full blue board wipe list

Green Board Wipes

Green barely has board wipes. It gets artifact and enchantment sweepers and punishers for fliers, but mass creature removal has never been in its color pie.

2,357

Decks running Bane of Progress

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
1	Bane of Progress	2,357	—
2	Ezuri's Predation	1,742	—
3	Season of Gathering +1.8% win rate · 2,749 games with it · 341 pilots · 168 commander groups	1,210	+1.8%
4	Welcome to . . . // Jurassic Park	517	—
5	Fade from History +1.2% win rate · 818 games with it · 127 pilots · 41 commander groups	445	+1.2%
6	Nylea's Intervention	373	—
7	Whiptongue Hydra	323	—
8	Silklash Spider	279	—
9	Rampage of the Clans	227	—
10	Back to Nature	188	—

Show 20 more green board wipes (ranks 11-30)

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
11	Creeping Corrosion	168	—
12	Hurricane	159	—
13	Wave of Vitriol	123	—
14	The Great Aurora	112	—
15	Monstrous Onslaught	101	—
16	Whirlwind	99	—
17	Squall Line	83	—
18	Tornado Elemental	62	—
19	Arashi, the Sky Asunder	59	—
20	Calming Verse	59	—
21	Tranquility	51	—
22	Cloudthresher	48	—
23	Spring Cleaning	45	—
24	Windstorm	40	—
25	Reverent Silence	31	—
26	Scattershot Archer	31	—
27	Seeds of Innocence	30	—
28	Spitting Spider	28	—
29	Squallmonger	26	—
30	Hush	23	—

See the full green board wipe list

White Board Wipes

White has the deepest wrath pool in the game: symmetrical destroy-all effects, priced to be castable on turn four.

8,583

Decks running Austere Command

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
1	Austere Command	8,583	—
2	Farewell +0.7% win rate · 15,069 games with it · 1827 pilots · 610 commander groups	6,846	+0.7%
3	Promise of Loyalty	4,202	—
4	Vanquish the Horde	3,599	—
5	Elspeth, Sun's Champion	2,867	—
6	Cleansing Nova	2,788	—
7	Dusk // Dawn //	2,663	—
8	Fumigate	2,576	—
9	Hour of Reckoning	2,564	—
10	Wrath of God	2,358	—

Show 20 more white board wipes (ranks 11-30)

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
11	Martial Coup	2,238	—
12	Damning Verdict	2,163	—
13	Tragic Arrogance	2,054	—
14	Fell the Mighty	2,047	—
15	Dismantling Wave +3.6% win rate · 1,109 games with it · 284 pilots · 55 commander groups	1,963	+3.6%
16	Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite +0.2% win rate · 3,659 games with it · 469 pilots · 188 commander groups	1,947	+0.2%
17	Organic Extinction	1,906	—
18	Winds of Rath	1,851	—
19	Avatar's Wrath +2.7% win rate · 2,667 games with it · 463 pilots · 145 commander groups	1,763	+2.7%
20	Urza's Ruinous Blast +0.6% win rate · 2,568 games with it · 405 pilots · 77 commander groups	1,718	+0.6%
21	Avenge	1,315	—
22	Single Combat	1,203	—
23	Winds of Abandon	1,181	—
24	Slaughter the Strong	1,177	—
25	The Battle of Bywater	1,109	—
26	Day of Judgment	1,103	—
27	Wakening Sun's Avatar	1,089	—
28	The Eternal Wanderer	1,063	—
29	Split Up	1,014	—
30	Final Showdown	1,005	—

See the full white board wipe list

Colorless Board Wipes

Artifact and land sweepers any deck can play, whatever its color identity.

2,495

Decks running All Is Dust

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
1	All Is Dust	2,495	—
2	Steel Hellkite	2,480	—
3	Blast Zone	1,693	—
4	Ugin, the Spirit Dragon +1.2% win rate · 2,410 games with it · 346 pilots · 107 commander groups	1,512	+1.2%
5	Nevinyrral's Disk	1,393	—
6	Contagion Engine	1,041	—
7	Selective Obliteration	812	—
8	Calamity of the Titans	646	—
9	Extinguisher Battleship	554	—
10	Oblivion Stone	544	—

Show 20 more colorless board wipes (ranks 11-30)

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
11	Boompile	493	—
12	Perilous Vault	306	—
13	The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	247	—
14	Worldslayer	193	—
15	The Moment	180	—
16	Kusari-Gama	179	—
17	Coercive Portal	158	—
18	Fraying Line	120	—
19	Ratchet Bomb	99	—
20	Aligned Hedron Network	91	—
21	Karn's Sylex	86	—
22	Engineered Explosives	70	—
23	Lockjaw Snapper	57	—
24	False Floor	53	—
25	The Filigree Sylex	43	—
26	Volatile Rig	42	—
27	Time Bomb	17	—
28	Leonin Bladetrap	14	—
29	Powder Keg	10	—
30	Golgothian Sylex	3	—

Cast on their turn

Instant-speed board wipes

An instant-speed wipe can be cast on an opponent's turn, after they have committed to an attack, which turns a sweeper into a combat trick and a punish for overextending. Every color is drawn together here, so the mana symbols beside each name are what tell you which decks can run it.

#	Card	Decks Decks running it	Win-rate lift
1	Cyclonic Rift +3.3% win rate · 25,618 games with it · 2609 pilots · 887 commander groups	12,721	+3.3%
2	Aetherize	5,056	—
3	Perplexing Test	1,653	—
4	Delayed Blast Fireball +1.7% win rate · 3,303 games with it · 447 pilots · 160 commander groups	1,543	+1.7%
5	Desynchronization	1,210	—
6	Starstorm	1,200	—
7	Evacuation	1,184	—
8	Final Showdown	1,005	—
9	Aetherspouts	787	—
10	Magmaquake	588	—
11	Zimone's Hypothesis	580	—
12	Fire Magic	560	—
13	Ugin's Binding +2.5% win rate · 1,100 games with it · 150 pilots · 35 commander groups	471	+2.5%
14	Filter Out	388	—
15	Engulf the Shore	364	—

Methodology

How these board wipe lists are built

Start with the finding, because it shapes everything else on this page: most board wipes do not measurably change whether you win. We compare decks that run a card against decks on the same commander that do not, pool those matched comparisons, and ask whether the difference is bigger than chance. In every color, only a handful of wipes clear that bar. The rest are played widely and honestly, and we cannot tell you they help.

That is why the lists are ordered by deck count rather than by the measurement. Sorting thirty cards by a number whose confidence interval crosses zero for two thirds of them would be ranking sampling error and calling it insight. Deck count is a smaller claim, but it is one the data can actually carry, and it answers the question people arrive with: what do Commander players put in their decks?

The win-rate lift is therefore a marker, not the ranking. It appears beside a card only when that card has been played enough to judge and its measured effect is clearly positive, which means clearing minimums on games with the card, on how many separate commander groups it was seen in and on how many different pilots played it, with a cap on how much of the sample any one pilot may hold, and then landing entirely above zero. A card that was measured and came out flat gets an empty cell rather than a number near zero, because a number near zero reads as a verdict and this one is not.

Read that figure as a difference, not a multiplier. A +2.2% lift means a deck running the card wins 2.2 percentage points more often than decks on the same commander without it: 27.2% of its games rather than 25.0%. It is not a 2.2% relative increase, and it is not a claim that the card wins 2.2% of your games on its own.

The candidate pool itself is every Commander-legal card carrying Scryfall's board-wipe oracle tag, which is a human-curated tag rather than a text search, so it catches sweepers that never use the word destroy. Multicolor cards are left out on purpose: someone searching for black board wipes wants mono-black cards they can put in any black deck, not gold cards that need a second color. Each surviving card is counted across every non-archived tracked deck whose mainboard contains it.

Counts are drawn from 145,968 tracked decks on Playgroup.gg.

The board-wipe oracle tag comes from Scryfall and popularity across public decklists is answered better by EDHREC than by us. What we add is the count from decks that were actually played, and the measured effect on winning where there is one to report.

MTG board wipes FAQ

What is a board wipe in Magic: The Gathering?

A board wipe is a spell or ability that removes every creature on the battlefield at once, or every permanent of a given type. Players also call them wraths, after Wrath of God, or sweepers. In Commander they are the main way a table answers a board it cannot beat in combat.

Does indestructible stop a board wipe?

Only against board wipes that use the word destroy. An indestructible creature survives Wrath of God, Damnation and Blasphemous Act. It does not survive a wipe that exiles, such as Farewell, one that makes each player sacrifice, or one that gives -X/-X, such as Toxic Deluge or The Meathook Massacre. Those kill by removing toughness or by changing zones, and neither cares about indestructible.

Does protection stop a board wipe?

Usually not. Protection from a colour stops damage, enchanting and equipping, blocking, and being targeted by sources of that colour. Almost no board wipe targets anything, so protection from black will not save a creature from Damnation. It does help against wipes that deal damage, such as Blasphemous Act against protection from red.

Do hexproof and shroud protect against board wipes?

No. Hexproof and shroud only stop a creature being targeted, and the overwhelming majority of board wipes do not target. Wrath effects say destroy all creatures, which affects every creature at once without ever choosing one. A hexproof commander dies to a wipe like any other creature.

Why does this list look different from other board wipe lists?

Most board wipe lists are one writer's ranking. This one is counted. Every card here is a Scryfall-tagged board wipe, ordered by how many tracked Commander decks actually run it, so the list reflects what players sleeve up rather than what an editor rates. We also measure whether each card raises a deck's win rate against decks running the same commander without it. Most board wipes do not move win rate by an amount we can distinguish from chance, so only the few that clearly do carry a win-rate figure.

Which colour has the best board wipes?

White and black have the deepest options and the most played ones. Red is broad but mostly damage-based, so it struggles against high-toughness boards. Blue tends to bounce rather than destroy. Green barely has board wipes at all: it gets artifact and enchantment sweepers and effects that punish fliers, but almost nothing that destroys all creatures, because mass creature removal has never been part of green's colour pie.

Which board wipes work at instant speed?

Instant-speed board wipes let you wrath on an opponent's turn, usually after they have committed to an attack or resolved a threat. Blue has the most that see real play. Most mass removal in Magic is sorcery speed, so instants are the minority in every color, and several colors have instant options that almost nobody runs.

Do board wipes actually win games?

Mostly they do not, at least not measurably. Across our tracked Commander games only a handful of board wipes in each color raise a deck's win rate by an amount we can distinguish from chance. The rest are played widely without a measurable effect on whether you win. That is not an argument against running one. A wrath is a reactive card, and its value depends on the board it answers rather than on being drawn every game.

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