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 read•60 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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Simplify

Sorcery • 1 CMC
$0.10
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Each player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.

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

Gaze of the Gorgon

Instant • 4 CMC
$0.10
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({B/G} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.) Regenerate target creature. At this turn's next end of combat, destroy all creatures that blocked or were blocked by it this turn.

#alliteration#combat-trick#cycle-block-rav-c-hybrid

Razing Snidd

Creature — Beast • 6 CMC
$0.11
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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.

#cycle-pls-u-gating-creature#mana-sink#mass-land-denial

Ember Swallower

Creature — Elemental • 4 CMC
$0.14
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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

Social Snub

Sorcery • 3 CMC
$0.16
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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#cast-trigger-self#copy-self

Tragic Arrogance

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.17
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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

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew

Legendary Creature — Human Villain • 2 CMC
$0.19
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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

Rite of Ruin

Sorcery • 7 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#mutual-sacrifice

Hurkyl's Final Meditation

Instant • 7 CMC
$0.19
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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

Tremble

Sorcery • 2 CMC
$0.19
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Each player sacrifices a land of their choice.

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

Reign of the Pit

Sorcery • 6 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

Sorcery • 4 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#pure-draw#removal-creature

Worlds Within Worlds

Sorcery • 7 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

Synthetic Destiny

Instant • 6 CMC
$0.20
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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

Shadows' Verdict

Sorcery • 5 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#mana-value-matters#removal-creature

Day of the Dragons

Enchantment • 7 CMC
$0.21
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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#creature-count-matters#evasion

Catch // Release

Sorcery // Sorcery • 9 CMC
$0.21
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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

Earth-Cult Elemental

Creature — Elemental • 6 CMC
$0.22
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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#mutual-sacrifice

Abu Ja'far

Creature — Human • 1 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

Hurloon Shaman

Creature — Minotaur Shaman • 3 CMC
$0.23
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When this creature dies, each player sacrifices a land of their choice.

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

Chain Devil

Creature — Devil • 4 CMC
$0.23
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Animate Chains — When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

#dnd-monster#marauder#multi-removal

Ultimate Nullification

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.23
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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.

#additional-cost#removal-creature#removal-exile

Sunfall

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.23
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Exile all creatures. Incubate X, where X is the number of creatures exiled this way. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

#creature-count-matters#hate-wide#removal-creature

Gaius van Baelsar

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier • 4 CMC
$0.24
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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

Venomous Breath

Instant • 4 CMC
$0.24
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Choose target creature. At this turn's next end of combat, destroy all creatures that blocked or were blocked by it this turn.

#delayed-trigger#hate-blocker#old-blocking-deathtouch

Spectacular Pileup

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.24
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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#hate-vehicle

Abyssal Gorestalker

Creature — Horror • 6 CMC
$0.24
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

#marauder#multi-removal#removal-creature

Shatter the Sky

Sorcery • 4 CMC
$0.24
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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

Ritual of Soot

Sorcery • 4 CMC
$0.24
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Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less.

#mana-value-matters#removal-creature#removal-destroy

Avenge

Sorcery • 6 CMC
$0.25
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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

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.25
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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#multiple-bodies#out-of-color-token

Vanquish the Horde

Sorcery • 8 CMC
$0.26
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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

Endemic Plague

Sorcery • 4 CMC
$0.26
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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.

#additional-cost#hate-regenerate#hate-typal-share

Mass Polymorph

Sorcery • 6 CMC
$0.26
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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

Akki Blizzard-Herder

Creature — Goblin Shaman • 2 CMC
$0.26
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When this creature dies, each player sacrifices a land of their choice.

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

Crack the Earth

Sorcery — Arcane • 1 CMC
$0.26
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Each player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.

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

Restricted Office // Lecture Hall

Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room • 11 CMC
$0.26
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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

Benalish Sleeper

Creature — Phyrexian Human Soldier • 2 CMC
$0.26
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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

Fated Retribution

Instant • 7 CMC
$0.27
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Destroy all creatures and planeswalkers. If it's your turn, scry 2.

#cycle-bng-fated-spell#pseudo-fog#removal-creature

Fleshbag Marauder

Creature — Zombie Warrior • 3 CMC
$0.27
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

#marauder#multi-removal#removal-creature

Renounce the Guilds

Instant • 2 CMC
$0.27
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Each player sacrifices a multicolored permanent of their choice.

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

Time Wipe

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.27
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Return a creature you control to its owner's hand, then destroy all creatures.

#cycle-war-r-two-color#removal-creature#removal-destroy

Kirtar's Wrath

Sorcery • 6 CMC
$0.27
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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#multiple-bodies

Barter in Blood

Sorcery • 4 CMC
$0.27
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Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

#alliteration#multi-removal#mutual-sacrifice

Breaking Point

Sorcery • 3 CMC
$0.28
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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.

#burn-player#hate-regenerate#punisher

Tergrid's Shadow

Instant • 5 CMC
$0.28
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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.)

#alternative-cost#castable-from-exile#cheaper-than-mv

Fumigate

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.28
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Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

#creature-count-matters#hate-wide#lifegain

Oversimplify

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.28
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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

Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph

Artifact // Artifact Creature — Golem • 5 CMC
$0.29
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When this artifact enters, if you cast it, for each player, choose a creature with power 2 or less that player controls. Then destroy all creatures except creatures chosen this way. Craft with artifact {3}{W}{W} ({3}{W}{W}, Exile this artifact, Exile another artifact you control or an artifact card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.) // Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell during their turn, they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control this turn. Each opponent who attacked you or a planeswalker you control this turn can't cast spells.

#activated-ability#cast-trigger-other#evasion

Fell the Mighty

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.29
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Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

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

Winnowing

Sorcery • 6 CMC
$0.29
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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

Zero Point Ballad

Sorcery • 1 CMC
$0.29
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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

Cleansing Nova

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.29
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Choose one — • Destroy all creatures. • Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

#modal#removal-artifact#removal-creature

Slum Reaper

Creature — Horror • 4 CMC
$0.30
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When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

#marauder#multi-removal#removal-creature

Aligned Hedron Network

Artifact • 4 CMC
$0.30
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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

Expel the Interlopers

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.30
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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

Accursed Marauder

Creature — Zombie Warrior • 2 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

Necromantic Selection

Sorcery • 7 CMC
$0.30
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Destroy all creatures, then return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control. It's a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. Exile Necromantic Selection.

#cheat-death#color-change#exile-on-resolution

Depopulate

Sorcery • 4 CMC
$0.31
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Each player who controls a multicolored creature draws a card. Then destroy all creatures.

#force-draw#pure-draw#removal-creature

End Hostilities

Sorcery • 5 CMC
$0.31
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Destroy all creatures and all permanents attached to creatures.

#removal-aura#removal-creature#removal-destroy

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.