Austere Command
Commander Legends 12 • rare
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Collector number
- 12
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Anna Steinbauer
- Market price
- $1.04
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 introduced in the Lorwyn set in 2007 and was later featured as a rare sorcery in the 2020 Commander Legends expansion. The card was designed to be a versatile board wipe, providing players with the strategic flexibility to choose two of four effects that destroy creatures or enchantments based on their mana costs. Its inclusion in Commander Legends, a set specifically crafted for the multiplayer Commander format, underscored its status as a staple utility card for maintaining board control in games involving multiple opponents.
The artwork for this specific printing was commissioned from Anna Steinbauer, a noted illustrator in the Magic: The Gathering community. Steinbauer opted for a clean, regal aesthetic that emphasizes the authoritative nature of the spell, utilizing precise linework and atmospheric lighting to convey the sense of a high-level command being issued. The card was well-received by the player base for its strategic depth and remains a popular choice for deck-building due to its ability to adapt to a wide variety of battlefield conditions.
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