Austere Command
The Brothers' War Commander 69 • rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Commander
- Collector number
- 69
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Anna Steinbauer
- Market price
- $0.80
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Austere Command was originally released in the 2008 set Lorwyn as a powerful board-wipe spell, designed to provide white decks with a versatile, modal answer to diverse battlefield states. Its inclusion in The Brothers' War Commander set in 2022 served to reprint a staple card within the context of an expansion exploring the ancient, artifact-heavy conflict of Magic: The Gathering's history, updating its visual presentation to align with the retro-futuristic aesthetic of that set.
The card's design, attributed to the broader team at Wizards of the Coast, focuses on mechanical flexibility, allowing players to choose two of four distinct modes to destroy artifacts, enchantments, or creatures of varying sizes. While the original art by Dan Dos Santos focused on a more classical fantasy theme, the version featured in The Brothers' War Commander, illustrated by Zezhou Chen, emphasizes the mechanical and industrial decay characteristic of the war between brothers Urza and Mishra.
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