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20 Best Board Wipes in Magic: The Gathering
Top 20 Magic: The Gathering board wipes that reset the battlefield with unique strategies.
In brief
Top 20 Magic: The Gathering board wipes that reset the battlefield with unique strategies. Magic: The Gathering has 20 board wipes that clear opponents' creatures, lands, or artifacts for strategic advantage in gameplay. Originally reported by Polygon.
Board Wipes in Magic
Board wipes reset the battlefield by clearing multiple cards in a single spell.
History of Board Wipes
Board wipes have been a key strategy since Magic's 1993 debut with Wrath of God.
Modern Board Wipe Types
Modern board wipes use non-targeting exile effects or mass toughness penalties for strategic advantage.
Boompile
Boompile is a four-mana artifact that destroys nonland permanents when flipped, offering unpredictable mass removal.
Scourglass
Scourglass is a delayed detonation artifact that spares artifacts and lands while destroying non-artifact creatures.
Organic Extinction
Organic Extinction destroys non-artifact creatures at 10 mana using the Improvise keyword to tap artifacts for generic mana.
In Garruk's Wake
In Garruk's Wake destroys opponents' creatures and planeswalkers at nine mana for mono-black Commander decks.
Ezuri's Predation
Ezuri's Predation spawns 3/3 Phyrexian Beast tokens for every opponent creature, functioning as a green board wipe.
Nevinyrral's Disk
Nevinyrral's Disk destroys all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments with four generic mana for any deck.
Armageddon
Armageddon destroys all lands at four mana, a key win condition in competitive Magic settings.
Merciless Eviction
Merciless Eviction exiles all cards of a single type for six mana, neutralizing indestructible threats.
Living Death
Living Death swaps players' entire boards with their graveyards for five mana, a symmetrical win condition.
Earthquake
Earthquake deals X damage to non-flying creatures and players for two to three mana, scaling from early to late game.
Austere Command
Austere Command allows players to pick two options from four to tailor board wipe effects for specific board states.
The essence
Magic: The Gathering has 20 board wipes that clear opponents' creatures, lands, or artifacts for strategic advantage in gameplay.
