One of the best cards late game versus Fairies. You can wipe their entire board save lands and a probable Mistbind Clique by choosing enchantments and small creatures. I'm surprised it's not a one-of in 5 color control.
Guest1499567687
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
now just wondering been a discrepency with regards to token creatures that come into play with no mana cost? would they be wiped out as well .. i think yes but some say no? what u say ?
thaviel
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
token's are always 0converted :)
EnV
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Tokens are zero converted mana cost. When a token dies it skips to the graveyard then gets removed form the game. Regenerating tokens is a fact. I prefer Wrath of God.
urzamagic
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
This card is better wrath of god for the reason that you can decide the outcome of it's ability.
Donovan_Fabian
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
I don't like playing this card usually because I prefer gaining a creature advantage, and these types of cards kill all your own creatures too, having said that this is the best of them for sure. You can potentially choose a converted mana cost that wont kill your own creatures, and against artifact decks austere command can be absolutely brutal when it resolves. As for faeries.. I don't know.. seems like there's a thousand and one tricks to take down faeries so I'm really not that concerned about them. Any enchantment removal or board sweeper does the trick, with many to choose from. I personally have a lot of mana accel in my deck, and choose to play lavalanche, if I need to play it early 5 mana hurts my opponent for 2 and kills all their faeries and it's completely one sided. Later on the x cost can be large enough to take down their big creatures too.
ChuckMickey
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
0 is less than 3 so it kills tokens
Tommy9898
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(3 votes)
The destroy all artifacts part should have gone to red :(
jetzine
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
This is my favorite command, and in the right deck, I prefer it to Wrath.
XDaragoX
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Much better than Wrath in the right deck. The amount of card advantage this card can consistently generate is nothing to sneeze at; and thanks to its versatility, I don't think I've ever had to board it out. 5/5.
Arxonius
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
If only it had CMC 5... But anyway, wery powerfull card.
infernox10
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is just funny.
It seems so wrong that white's Command got destruction, and ONLY destruction.
But, I will say that it's one of my favorite cards.
Laguz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh sweet lord, i love this card. Traded for this today and it single-handedly won me the first two games i played with it.
The selective board clearing is so awesome that this card might as well read "gain ridiculous board position". Whereas DoJ and company hit everyone equally, austere command always benefits you. 5/5
AlBout
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It fit the Level mechanics and white weenie deck.
Can give serious board advantage.
Keiya
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I played this against a person who ran almost a pure artifact deck (artifact lands, creatures, everything). He didn't know what my deck was like and wasn't nervous until I slapped this in play and wiped his entire field except for two islands. He was looking at a Baneslayer Angel and a Serra Angel as his opposition, completely defenseless. Definitely not as good overall as Cryptic Command for obvious reasons, but this card will still devastate your opponents in the right situations. Although in multiplayer, it's the most efficient command since every choice you have affects everyone and not just targets.
darkfury
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
decent sweep variety, but not the best command, as it is very likely to harm your own board possition, at worst, it is Day of Judgement, at best, a card capable of turning the tides of a game completely
channelblaze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
No, it's not wrath of god. 6 mana variants will NEVER be wrath of god. However, it's still pretty good, and I like it.
Cyberium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wrath of God is better at creature killing since it can be played earlier and denies regeneration. However, this card is so much more versatile with its combination of effects. If your opponent plays equipments you'd certainly want to kill them alongside the creatures. In addition, you may be able to wipe only one side of the field should your creatures fit outside of the cmc category.
Bursama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
"I destory what I want" would be fitting flavor text.
scumbling1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card rocks EDH's socks. You often don't see / don't care about creatures under CMC 4 (or if you do, kill an army of tokens and leave your own fatty on the board), so you're free to play a virtual Wrath of God along with a Tranquility or Shatterstorm.
Tetsu_tora
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
2 white and 4 = mess the place up, break some stuff, steal dad's car and never say you're sorry.
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Today I played a fella using a 'defender' deck, with his wincons apparently Wakestone Gargoyle (allows defenders to attack) and Vent Sentinel (pings for damage = to number of defenders). He was also running a few artifacts, like Prophetic Prism for mana fixing, and Whispersilk Cloak for... expensive shroud and unblockability? *Shrug*
In any case, Austere Command along pretty much won the game for me. He had played out his hand except for one card. I had only played a Wall of Omens, and had 7 cards in hand. So not only did Austere Command kill everything of his but a Perimeter Captain and Stalwart Shield Bearers, but I got to keep my wall. =P
Yeaaah... when your opponent has 6 cards in hand to your none, and you don't have a sizable board advantage (or *any* board advantage), you're in for a tough day at the office. ^^
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Needs instant to compete with blue, FU R&D.
XaiviarNightwing
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not all token are cmc 0. Tokens put in to play as a copy of another card such as with rite of replication are cmc of the copies card.
angrybob4213
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What's with the symbol on this one? The others are all nice and symmetrical and then there's this... It looks awful.
Comments (25)
It seems so wrong that white's Command got destruction, and ONLY destruction.
But, I will say that it's one of my favorite cards.
The selective board clearing is so awesome that this card might as well read "gain ridiculous board position". Whereas DoJ and company hit everyone equally, austere command always benefits you. 5/5
Can give serious board advantage.
Definitely not as good overall as Cryptic Command for obvious reasons, but this card will still devastate your opponents in the right situations. Although in multiplayer, it's the most efficient command since every choice you have affects everyone and not just targets.
In any case, Austere Command along pretty much won the game for me. He had played out his hand except for one card. I had only played a Wall of Omens, and had 7 cards in hand. So not only did Austere Command kill everything of his but a Perimeter Captain and Stalwart Shield Bearers, but I got to keep my wall. =P
Yeaaah... when your opponent has 6 cards in hand to your none, and you don't have a sizable board advantage (or *any* board advantage), you're in for a tough day at the office. ^^
Tokens put in to play as a copy of another card such as with rite of replication are cmc of the copies card.