Merciless Eviction
Commander 2017 179 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Collector number
- 179
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · White
- Artist
- Richard Wright
- Market price
- $0.55
What it does
Choose one —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all planeswalkers.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Merciless Eviction was originally printed in the Gatecrash expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2013 and later featured as card number 179 in the Commander 2017 release. This sorcery card exemplifies the mechanical identity of the Orzhov Syndicate, a guild characterized by its blend of black and white mana, which focuses on themes of institutional control, life drainage, and absolute finality.
The card’s artwork, rendered by illustrator Volkan Baga, captures the thematic weight of a complete societal purge through a striking, cinematic composition. Baga utilized stark contrast and imagery evocative of a collapse to reinforce the card's function, which allows players to exile all permanents of a chosen type. It has since become a staple in the Commander format for its versatility and its ability to act as a definitive board reset against complex battlefield states.
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