Hour of Devastation
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #97
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.35 € · ★ 1.42 € · 0.43 $ · ★ 1.05 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Red
Card text
All creatures lose indestructible until end of turn. Hour of Devastation deals 5 damage to each creature and each non-Bolas planeswalker.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Simon Dominic
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
"Everything here exists or perishes at my whim. Including you, Gatewatch." —Nicol Bolas
Rulings
Creatures with indestructible that enter the battlefield after Hour of Devastation resolves will still have indestructible.
Once Hour of Devastation begins to resolve, no player may take actions until it’s done. Notably, players can’t try to give a creature indestructible again to save it from the damage.
There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial—called “story spotlights”—are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.
