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*<c>Cataclysmic Gearhulk</c> (creature)
*<c>Cataclysmic Gearhulk</c> (creature)
*<c>Catastrophe</c>
*<c>Catastrophe</c>
*<c>Citywide Bust</c>
*<c>Cleansing Nova</c>
*<c>Cleansing Nova</c>
*<c>Day of Judgment</c>
*<c>Day of Judgment</c>
*<c>Descend upon the Sinful</c>
*<c>Descend upon the Sinful</c>
*<c>Dimensional Breach</c>
*<c>Divine Reckoning</c>
*<c>Divine Reckoning</c>
*<c>Dusk</c>
*<c>Elspeth, Sun's Champion</c> (planeswalker)
*<c>Elspeth Tirel (planeswalker)
*<c>End Hostilities</c>
*<c>End Hostilities</c>
*<c>False Prophet</c> (creature)
*<c>False Prophet</c> (creature)
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*<c>Fell the Mighty</c>
*<c>Fell the Mighty</c>
*<c>Final Judgment</c>
*<c>Final Judgment</c>
*<c>Fortunate Few</c>
*<c>Fumigate</c>
*<c>Fumigate</c>
*<c>Gideon, Champion of Justice</c> (planeswalker)
*<c>Hallowed Burial</c>
*<c>Hallowed Burial</c>
*<c>Harsh Mercy</c>
*<c>Hour of Revelation</c>
*<c>Hour of Revelation</c>
*<c>Hour of Reckoning</c>
*<c>Kirtar's Wrath</c>
*<c>Kirtar's Wrath</c>
*<c>Mageta the Lion</c> (creature)
*<c>Mageta the Lion</c> (creature)
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*<c>Martial Coup</c>
*<c>Martial Coup</c>
*<c>Mass Calcify</c>
*<c>Mass Calcify</c>
*<c>Myojin of Cleansing Fire</c> (creature)
*<c>Phyrexian Rebirth</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Rebirth</c>
*<c>Planar Cleansing</c>
*<c>Planar Cleansing</c>
*<c>Planar Collapse</c>
*<c>Planar Collapse</c>
*<c>Planar Outburst</c>
*<c>Planar Outburst</c>
*<c>Play of the Game</c>
*<c>Ravnica at War</c>
*<c>Retribution of the Meek</c>
*<c>Retribution of the Meek</c>
*<c>Rout</c>
*<c>Rout</c>
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*<c>Solar Tide</c>
*<c>Solar Tide</c>
*<c>Soulscour</c>
*<c>Soulscour</c>
*<c>Sublime Exhalation</c>
*<c>Sudden Disappearance</c>
*<c>Sudden Disappearance</c>
*<c>Sunblast Angel</c> (creature)
*<c>Sunblast Angel</c> (creature)
*<c>Sunscour</c>
*<c>Sunscour</c>
*<c>Terminus</c>
*<c>Terminus</c>
*<c>Urza's Ruinous Blast</c>
*<c>Waking Sun's Avatar</c> (creature)
*<c>Winds of Rath</c>
*<c>Winds of Rath</c>
*<c>Wrath of God</c>
*<c>Wrath of God</c>
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===Blue===
===Blue===
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{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
*<c>Aethersquall Ancient</c>
*<c>Awoken Horror</c>
*<c>Coastal Breach</c>
*<c>Crush of Tentacles</c>
*<c>Crush of Tentacles</c>
*<c>Cyclonic Rift</c>
*<c>Cyclonic Rift</c>
*<c>Devastation Tide</c>
*<c>Devastation Tide</c>
*<c>Displacement Wave</c>
*<c>Engulf the Shore</c>
*<c>Engulf the Shore</c>
*<c>Evacuation</c>
*<c>Evacuation</c>
*<c>Fade Away</c>
*<c>Fade Away</c>
*<c>Flood of Tears</c>
*<c>Inundate</c>
*<c>Inundate</c>
*<c>Kederekt Leviathan</c> (creature)
*<c>Kederekt Leviathan</c> (creature)
*<c>River's Rebuke</c>
*<c>Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep</c> (creature)
*<c>Sway of the Stars</c>
*<c>Sway of the Stars</c>
*<c>Upheaval</c>
*<c>Upheaval</c>
*<c>Wash Out</c>
*<c>Waterspout Elemental</c> (creature)
*<c>Whelming Wave</c>
*<c>Whelming Wave</c>
}}
}}
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*<c>Extinguish All Hope</c>
*<c>Extinguish All Hope</c>
*<c>Flaying Tendrils</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Flaying Tendrils</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Forced March</c>
*<c>Golden Demise</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Golden Demise</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Havoc Demon</c> (-n/-n variation, creature)
*<c>Havoc Demon</c> (-n/-n variation, creature)
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*<c>Languish</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Languish</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Life's Finale</c>
*<c>Life's Finale</c>
*<c>Liliana, Death's Majesty</c> (planeswalker)
*<c>Massacre</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Massacre</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Mutilate</c> (-n/-n variation)
*<c>Mutilate</c> (-n/-n variation)
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*<c>Overwhelming Forces</c>
*<c>Overwhelming Forces</c>
*<c>Perish</c>
*<c>Perish</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Scriptures</c>
*<c>Plague Wind</c>
*<c>Plague Wind</c>
*<c>Rain of Daggers</c>
*<c>Rain of Daggers</c>
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*<c>Bearer of the Heavens</c> (creature)
*<c>Bearer of the Heavens</c> (creature)
*<c>Blasphemous Act</c>
*<c>Blasphemous Act</c>
*<c>Bloodfire Colossus</c> (creature)
*<c>Breaking Point</c>
*<c>Breaking Point</c>
*<c>Burning of Xinye<c>
*<c>Caldera Hellion</c>
*<c>Chain Reaction</c>
*<c>Chain Reaction</c>
*<c>Chandra, Awakened Inferno</c> (planeswalker)
*<c>Chandra, Flamecaller</c> (planeswalker)
*<c>Chandra, Pyrogenius</c> (planeswalker)
*<c>Chaos Maw</c>
*<c>Comet Storm</c>
*<c>Decree of Annihilation</c>
*<c>Decree of Annihilation</c>
*<c>Desolation Giant</c>
*<c>Desolation Giant</c> (creature)
*<c>Destructive Force</c>
*<c>Destructive Force</c>
*<c>Devastation</c>
*<c>Devastation</c>
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*<c>Electrickery</c>
*<c>Electrickery</c>
*<c>Hour of Devastation</c>
*<c>Hour of Devastation</c>
*<c>Incendiary Command</c>
*<c>Jaya Ballard, Task Mage</c> (creature)
*<c>Jokulhaups</c>
*<c>Jokulhaups</c>
*<c>Mizzium Mortars</c>
*<c>Mizzium Mortars</c>
*<c>Mogg Infestation</c>
*<c>Obliterate</c>
*<c>Obliterate</c>
*<c>Puppet's Verdict</c>
*<c>Puppet's Verdict</c>
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*<c>Starstorm</c>
*<c>Starstorm</c>
*<c>Star of Extinction</c>
*<c>Star of Extinction</c>
*<c>Subterranean Tremors</c>
*<c>Sweltering Suns</c>
*<c>Sweltering Suns</c>
*<c>Volcanic Fallout</c>
*<c>Volcanic Fallout</c>
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===Green===
===Green===
*<c>Canopy Surge</c>
*<c>Ezuri's Predation</c>
*<c>Ezuri's Predation</c>
*<c>Hurricane</c>
*<c>Hurricane</c>
*<c>Whiptongue Hydra</c>
*<c>Whirlwind</c>
*<c>Whirlwind</c>
*<c>Windstorm</c>
*<c>Windstorm</c>
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===Multicolor===
===Multicolor===
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
*<c>Avacyn, the Purifier</c> (creature)
*<c>Child of Alara</c> (creature)
*<c>Child of Alara</c> (creature)
*<c>Deafening Clarion</c>
*<c>Deafening Clarion</c>
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*<c>Firespout</c>
*<c>Firespout</c>
*<c>Gaze of Granite</c>
*<c>Gaze of Granite</c>
*<c>Jund Charm
*<c>Kaya's Wrath</c>
*<c>Kaya's Wrath</c>
*<c>Magister of Worth</c> (creature)
*<c>Magister of Worth</c> (creature)
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===Colorless===
===Colorless===
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{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
*<c>Aligned Hedron Network</c>
*<c>All Is Dust</c>
*<c>All Is Dust</c>
*<c>Boompile</c>
*<c>Boompile</c>
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*<c>Nevinyrral's Disk</c>
*<c>Nevinyrral's Disk</c>
*<c>Oblivion Stone</c>
*<c>Oblivion Stone</c>
*<c>Plague Boiler</c>
*<c>Perilous Vault</c>
*<c>Perilous Vault</c>
*<c>Powder Keg</c>
*<c>Powder Keg</c>

Revision as of 02:38, 30 October 2019

"Wrath effect"[1] is Magic slang for the symmetric removal of most, if not all, creatures in play by any spell or ability, as the effect of an instant or sorcery spell, an activated ability, or a triggered ability, or, loosely, any card that can produce a Wrath effect. The effect is named after the card Wrath of God, the first Magic card to feature a mass-creature-removal effect.[2][3] The precise board impact of a Wrath-effect card is dependent on the current game state, specifically the board condition; but, as a general rule, Wrath effects are extremely powerful and a form of card advantage, as such, nearly all of them carry a rarity of rare.

Definition

As a slang term, no definitive definition of a Wrath effect exists; but, it is commonly understood that cards such as Wildfire and Destructive Force and cards that do damage to all, or a subset of all, creatures such as Earthquake, Hurricane, and Pyroclasm, regardless of the amount of damage dealt, are not Wrath effects per se due to the additional consideration of creatures' toughnesses and state-based effects; instead, such cards have Wrath-like effects. Other than this, there are essentially no restrictions as to the means by which Wrath effects remove creatures from play, and Wrath effects have included destruction of the creatures, destruction of the creatures without regeneration, removal from the game, and returning to their owners' hands. Strictly speaking, in consideration of the effect of the original Wrath of God, a Wrath effect is any effect that destroys all, or most, creatures, with or without allowing for regeneration.

Colors such as white and blue have variations upon the Wrath effect. One such is non-destructive removal from play, by exiling or moving creature cards to another zone, such as the hand or the library.[4] Black, interestingly and exclusively, has a variation upon the Wrath effect whereby it gives all, or a subset of all, creatures -m/-n (where m and n are constants or variables that are defined by the card). This too takes into consideration creatures' toughness and state-based effects and is thus a Wrath-like effect. An equivalent exclusive to red is dealing damage to each creature, such as Blasphemous Act.

Wrath and Wrath-like effects

White

Blue

Black

Red

Green

Multicolor

Colorless

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Ferrett (April 15, 2008). "The Death of Wrath". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Trick Jarrett (March 25, 2014). "Wraths of God". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Reid Duke (June 22, 2015). "Board Sweepers". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Mike Flores (April 19, 2012). "End of the Line". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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