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Supreme Verdict

Sorcery1 generic manaWhite manaWhite manaBlue mana

Wrath of God wipes the board for four mana; this does the same for the same four, swapping a generic mana for blue and spending the difference on a single clause: this spell can't be countered. That clause answers the oldest problem a control deck has when it reaches for a sweeper. The sweep is a sorcery, telegraphed a turn in advance, and the boards it most wants to clear are often built behind the exact countermagic a tempo opponent already runs. Hardcasting a four-mana sorcery into open blue mana is a coin flip; this removes the coin. The opponent can hold up Negate all they like, and the Verdict still resolves. What resolving does not guarantee is that anything dies: "destroy all creatures" still folds to indestructibility and to instant-speed protection, so a Heroic Intervention or a well-timed Boros Charm walks the whole board out unscathed. The uncounterable line buys you the resolution, not the result. It also kills your own creatures and sits firmly in Azorius, so it suits a deck that has already accepted both colors and the plan of winning later than it loses early. That narrowness is the design. This is a sweeper built for the control mirror and the control-versus-tempo fight, where the question was never whether you could afford the wipe but whether you would ever be allowed to cast it.

Supreme Verdict (prtr)
PRTR · #201★rare
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Oracle Text

Rules text

This spell can't be countered. Destroy all creatures.
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
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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