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Austere Command

mocMarch of the Machine Commander#172rare
{4}{W}{W}
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Card details
Artist
Anna Steinbauer
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Sorcery

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.

Abilities
ModalChoose 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.
Plays as
Modal SpellArtifact RemovalBoard WipeEnchantment Removal
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Anna Steinbauer
Rulings
  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    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.

  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    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.

  • WotCNov 10, 2020

    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.