Functional Role Guide

Best Budget Board Wipes for Commander

Hit the reset button when behind. Top budget mass removal spells, asymmetrical sweepers, and damage board wipes under $1.50.

6 min readUpdated August 202660 Budget Options Indexed

The Role of Board Wipes in Commander

Board wipes reset runaway board states and give slower decks a chance to stabilize. Great sweepers do not have to cost $15–$40.

Key Subcategories in this Role:
4-CMC Clean Sweepers

The gold standard unconditional wraths that destroy all creatures.

One-Sided & Asymmetrical Wipes

Sweepers that leave your own board intact while devastating opponents.

Exile & Anti-Indestructible

Sweepers that bypass totem armor, regeneration, and indestructible.

Top Ranked Budget Board Wipes Cards

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Ember Swallower

Creature — Elemental4 CMC
$0.12
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{5}{R}{R}: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) When this creature becomes monstrous, each player sacrifices three lands of their choice.

#activated-ability#monstrosity#multi-removal

Razing Snidd

Creature — Beast6 CMC
$0.14
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When this creature enters, return a black or red creature you control to its owner's hand. When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a land of their choice.

#mana-sink#mass-land-denial#removal-land

Hurkyl's Final Meditation

Instant7 CMC
$0.14
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During turns other than yours, this spell costs {3} more to cast. Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

#counterspell-exile#end-turn#exile-on-resolution

Simplify

Sorcery1 CMC
$0.17
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Each player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.

#multi-removal#removal-enchantment#removal-sacrifice

Social Snub

Sorcery3 CMC
$0.18
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When you cast this spell while you control a creature, you may copy this spell. Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

#alliteration#copy-self#copy-spell

Abyssal Gorestalker

Creature — Horror6 CMC
$0.18
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

#marauder#multi-removal#removal-creature

Rite of Ruin

Sorcery7 CMC
$0.19
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Choose an order for artifacts, creatures, and lands. Each player sacrifices one permanent of their choice of the first type, sacrifices two of their choice of the second type, then sacrifices three of their choice of the third type.

#alliteration#cone-spell#removal-artifact

Day of the Dragons

Enchantment7 CMC
$0.19
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When this enchantment enters, exile all creatures you control. Then create that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all Dragons you control. Then return the exiled cards to the battlefield under your control.

#alliteration#haven#noncreature-typal

Shadows' Verdict

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.20
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Exile all creatures and planeswalkers with mana value 3 or less from the battlefield and all creature and planeswalker cards with mana value 3 or less from all graveyards.

#hate-graveyard#removal-creature#removal-exile

Worlds Within Worlds

Sorcery7 CMC
$0.20
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Exile all creatures. Each player may put any number of creature cards from their hand onto the battlefield. Then put all cards exiled this way into their owners' hands. Exile Worlds Within Worlds.

#alliteration#exile-on-resolution#removal-bounce

Barter in Blood

Sorcery4 CMC
$0.20
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Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

#alliteration#multi-removal#mutual-sacrifice

Reign of the Pit

Sorcery6 CMC
$0.20
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Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the total power of the creatures sacrificed this way.

#aikido#evasion#hate-high-pt

No Witnesses

Sorcery4 CMC
$0.20
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Each player who controls the most creatures investigates. Then destroy all creatures. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

#creature-count-matters#hand-neutral#pure-draw

Hurloon Shaman

Creature — Minotaur Shaman3 CMC
$0.21
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When this creature dies, each player sacrifices a land of their choice.

#death-trigger-self#multi-removal#mutual-sacrifice

Tremble

Sorcery2 CMC
$0.21
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Each player sacrifices a land of their choice.

#multi-removal#removal-land#removal-sacrifice

Earth-Cult Elemental

Creature — Elemental6 CMC
$0.21
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Siege Monster — When this creature enters, roll a d20. 1—9 | Each player sacrifices a permanent of their choice. 10—19 | Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice. 20 | Each opponent sacrifices two permanents of their choice.

#alliteration#multi-removal#removal-permanent

Endemic Plague

Sorcery4 CMC
$0.21
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As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Destroy all creatures that share a creature type with the sacrificed creature. They can't be regenerated.

#hate-regenerate#hate-typal-share#removal-creature

Chain Devil

Creature — Devil4 CMC
$0.21
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Animate Chains — When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

#dnd-monster#marauder#multi-removal

Tragic Arrogance

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.22
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For each player, you choose from among the permanents that player controls an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker. Then each player sacrifices all other nonland permanents they control.

#cycle-ori-pivotal-moment#removal-nonland#removal-sacrifice

Ultimate Nullification

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.22
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As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a legendary creature. Exile all creatures and graveyards. Put Ultimate Nullification on the bottom of its owner's library.

#removal-creature#removal-exile#sacrifice-outlet-creature

Gaius van Baelsar

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier4 CMC
$0.22
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When Gaius van Baelsar enters, choose one — • Each player sacrifices a creature token of their choice. • Each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice. • Each player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.

#charm#hate-token#marauder

Catch // Release

Sorcery // Sorcery9 CMC
$0.22
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Gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.) // Each player sacrifices an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, a land, and a planeswalker of their choice. Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

#cheaper-than-mv#cycle-dgm-r-fuse#gives-haste

Crack the Earth

Sorcery — Arcane1 CMC
$0.23
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Each player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.

#multi-removal#removal-permanent#removal-sacrifice

Abu Ja'far

Creature — Human1 CMC
$0.23
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When this creature dies, destroy all creatures blocking or blocked by it. They can't be regenerated.

#color-break#death-trigger-self#hate-blocker

Oversimplify

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.23
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Exile all creatures. Each player creates a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token and puts a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the total power of creatures they controlled that were exiled this way.

#cycle-c21-college-spell#donate-token#gives-pp-counters

Fleshbag Marauder

Creature — Zombie Warrior3 CMC
$0.23
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

#marauder#multi-removal#removal-creature

Wrath of Leknif

Sorcery4 CMC
$0.24
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Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Untap up to four lands you control.

#full-refund#hate-regenerate#namesake-spell

Synthetic Destiny

Instant6 CMC
$0.25
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Exile all creatures you control. At the beginning of the next end step, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal that many creature cards, put all creature cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest of the revealed cards into your library.

#consult-onto-battlefield#delayed-trigger#polymorph

Benalish Sleeper

Creature — Phyrexian Human Soldier2 CMC
$0.25
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Kicker {B} (You may pay an additional {B} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

#cycle-dmu-c-for-en-kicker#intervening-if-clause#marauder

Kirtar's Wrath

Sorcery6 CMC
$0.25
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Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Threshold — If there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, instead destroy all creatures, then create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

#evasion#hate-regenerate#namesake-spell

Vanquish the Horde

Sorcery8 CMC
$0.25
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This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Destroy all creatures.

#affinity-for-creatures#hate-wide#multiplayer

Ritual of Soot

Sorcery4 CMC
$0.25
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Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less.

#removal-creature#removal-destroy#sweeper

Renounce the Guilds

Instant2 CMC
$0.26
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Each player sacrifices a multicolored permanent of their choice.

#hate-multicolor#hate-set-mechanic#multi-removal

Demon's Disciple

Creature — Human Cleric3 CMC
$0.26
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.

#alliteration#marauder#multi-removal

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew

Legendary Creature — Human Villain2 CMC
$0.26
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The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters, choose up to X — • Discard a card, then draw a card. • Target opponent loses 2 life. • Destroy target token. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

#gains-pp-counters#hate-token#marauder

Avenge

Sorcery6 CMC
$0.27
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This spell costs {2} less to cast if a player attacked you during their last turn. Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

#creature-count-matters#discount-self#fun-ruling

Ceaseless Conflict

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.27
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Destroy all creatures. Then create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token for each nontoken creature you controlled that was destroyed this way.

#alliteration#out-of-color-token#removal-creature

Akki Blizzard-Herder

Creature — Goblin Shaman2 CMC
$0.27
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When this creature dies, each player sacrifices a land of their choice.

#death-trigger-self#multi-removal#mutual-sacrifice

Citywide Bust

Sorcery3 CMC
$0.27
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Destroy all creatures with toughness 4 or greater.

#hate-high-pt#removal-creature#removal-destroy

The Phasing of Zhalfir

Enchantment — Saga4 CMC
$0.27
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Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Another target nonland permanent phases out. It can't phase in for as long as you control this Saga. III — Destroy all creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 2/2 black Phyrexian creature token.

#cycle-dmu-r-m-saga#donate-token#intervening-if-clause

Aligned Hedron Network

Artifact4 CMC
$0.28
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When this artifact enters, exile all creatures with power 5 or greater until this artifact leaves the battlefield. (Those creatures return under their owners' control.)

#banish#hate-high-pt#power-matters-individual

Shatter the Sky

Sorcery4 CMC
$0.28
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Each player who controls a creature with power 4 or greater draws a card. Then destroy all creatures.

#alliteration#cantrip#ferocious

River's Rebuke

Sorcery6 CMC
$0.28
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Return all nonland permanents target player controls to their owner's hand.

#alliteration#removal-bounce#removal-nonland

Breaking Point

Sorcery3 CMC
$0.29
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Any player may have Breaking Point deal 6 damage to them. If no one does, destroy all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

#hate-regenerate#punisher#removal-creature

Spectacular Pileup

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.29
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All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

#activate-from-hand#cheaper-than-mv#hand-neutral

Blood on the Snow

Snow Sorcery6 CMC
$0.29
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Choose one — • Destroy all creatures. • Destroy all planeswalkers. Then return a creature or planeswalker card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of {S} spent to cast this spell. ({S} is mana from a snow source.)

#amount-spent-matters#cycle-khm-snow-scaler#modal

Merchant of Venom

Creature — Cat Warlock4 CMC
$0.29
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Menace When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

#evasion#gains-pp-counters#marauder

Tergrid's Shadow

Instant5 CMC
$0.30
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Each player sacrifices two creatures. Foretell {2}{B}{B} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

#castable-from-exile#cheaper-than-mv#exile-self

Slum Reaper

Creature — Horror4 CMC
$0.30
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

#marauder#multi-removal#removal-creature

Accursed Marauder

Creature — Zombie Warrior2 CMC
$0.30
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

#marauder#multi-removal#removal-creature

Deadly Brew

Sorcery2 CMC
$0.30
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Each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If you sacrificed a permanent this way, you may return another permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

#hand-neutral#multi-removal#mutual-sacrifice

Fated Retribution

Instant7 CMC
$0.30
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Destroy all creatures and planeswalkers. If it's your turn, scry 2.

#pseudo-fog#removal-creature#removal-destroy

Depopulate

Sorcery4 CMC
$0.31
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Each player who controls a multicolored creature draws a card. Then destroy all creatures.

#hand-neutral#pure-draw#removal-creature

Fell the Mighty

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.31
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Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

#hate-high-pt#removal-creature#removal-destroy

Winnowing

Sorcery6 CMC
$0.31
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Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) For each player, you choose a creature that player controls. Then each player sacrifices all other creatures they control that don't share a creature type with the chosen creature they control.

#convoke#cycle-ecl-typal-convoke#faux-targeting

Cleansing Nova

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.31
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Choose one — • Destroy all creatures. • Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

#modal#removal-artifact#removal-creature

Expel the Interlopers

Sorcery5 CMC
$0.31
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Choose a number between 0 and 10. Destroy all creatures with power greater than or equal to the chosen number.

#hate-high-pt#removal-creature#removal-destroy

Restricted Office // Lecture Hall

Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room11 CMC
$0.32
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When you unlock this door, destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. (You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.) // Other permanents you control have hexproof. (You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)

#cheaper-than-mv#cycle-dsk-r-two-color#gives-hexproof

Mass Polymorph

Sorcery6 CMC
$0.32
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Exile all creatures you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal that many creature cards. Put all creature cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest of the revealed cards into your library.

#consult-onto-battlefield#polymorph

Zero Point Ballad

Sorcery1 CMC
$0.32
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Destroy all creatures with toughness X or less. You lose X life. If X is 6 or more, return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.

#cheat-death#hate-low-toughness#high-x-matters

Frequently Asked Questions About Budget Board Wipes

Expert deckbuilding advice and card recommendations.

What is the cheapest board wipe in Magic: The Gathering?+
Blasphemous Act ($1.80, often costs {R}), Day of Judgment ($0.75), Fumigate ($0.35), Crux of Fate ($0.80), Time Wipe ($0.30), and Evacuation ($0.60) are among the best cheap wipes.
How many board wipes should a Commander deck run?+
Most decks run 2 to 4 board wipes. Control and combo decks often run 4 to 6, while aggressive token decks might run 1 to 2 asymmetrical ones.