Austere Command

Magic: The GatheringStar Trek Commander#418
Austere Command
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Card type
Sorcery
Rarity
Rare
Non-foil
0.70 $ Falling
Mana value
6
Colour
White

Card text

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Format legality

  • CommanderLegal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot provided
  • StandardNot provided
  • PioneerNot provided
  • ModernLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot provided
  • AlchemyNot provided
  • BrawlLegal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal
  • Historic BrawlNot provided
  • Standard BrawlNot provided
  • ExplorerNot provided
  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Old SchoolNot provided
  • Penny DreadfulLegal
  • PreDHLegal
  • PremodernNot provided
  • Tiny Leaders RebornNot provided
  • Future StandardNot provided

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Printing information

Illustrator
Cliff Nielsen
Card language
English
Release date
2026-11-13

Rulings

Each of the chosen modes happens sequentially. If a permanent has an ability that triggers whenever it or another permanent is destroyed, it will see permanents destroyed at the same time as it or before it, but not permanents destroyed by later modes.

If a card is exiled "until" another permanent leaves the battlefield, the exiled card returns to the battlefield immediately after that permanent leaves the battlefield during Austere Command's resolution, and it may be destroyed by a later mode.

If the first and last modes are chosen, an artifact creature with mana value 4 or greater will have to be regenerated twice to survive. This is because the modes happen sequentially, and the regeneration "shield" is used up by the first one. The same is true with any other combination of modes that covers one permanent twice.

Other printings of this card

Newest first · includes artwork variants.

Indicative price history

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Combos involving this card

Combinations from Commander Spellbook. Check prerequisites, format legality and game context. Source conditions are in English.

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