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Dusk // Dawn

Sorcery // Sorcery2 generic manaWhite manaWhite mana3 generic manaWhite manaWhite mana

The cleverness of the split is that the wrath and the rebuild are not just two spells stapled together: they share a fault line. Dusk destroys everything with power 3 or greater, which is to say the big threats, the haymakers, the creatures a control deck most wants gone. Dawn then reaches into the graveyard and returns everything with power 2 or less, which is to say the small bodies, the value engines, the creatures a creature-light deck most wants back. The power line at 2-and-under versus 3-and-over is the same hinge swung in opposite directions, so a board built around efficient little creatures survives its own wrath and gets refilled afterward. Aftermath makes the second half a delayed payoff rather than a card you hold: cast Dusk from hand on a stalled board, then cast Dawn from the graveyard a few turns later to rebuild from your own losses. The asymmetry is the whole point. A go-wide white deck full of two-power utility creatures takes a one-sided wrath against a deck of fatties, then claws back its own fodder while the opponent's heavyweights stay dead. It rewards a deckbuilding discipline most board wipes punish: filling the curve with small, cheap, replaceable creatures, then turning the sweeper into a reset that only resets the other side.

Dusk // Dawn (clb)
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. // Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Return all creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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