An EDH Gamer's Guide to Boardwipes

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## Summary

Argues board wipes are a neglected deckbuilding slot; every wipe should be chosen with intention and synergy, not defaulted to generics like Farewell, Vanquish the Horde, Blasphemous Act, or Toxic Deluge. Prefer bespoke fits: for a Muldrotha graveyard/lands deck, use wipes it can recur (Massacre Girl, Meathook Massacre, Mutual Destruction) over Damnation/Toxic Deluge/Deadly Cover-Up. For decks with enchantment tutors (Idyllic/Enlightened Tutor), run Out of Time as a tutorable wipe; likewise Perplex + Toxic Deluge in blue/black. Three wipe categories: parity creators (Wrath of God, Damn, Out of TimeΓÇögood for slow/low-permanent decks), parity breakers (Winds of Abandon/Wrath, By Invitation Only, Mizzium Mortars, Culling the Weak, Crippling FearΓÇöfor proactive/go-wide decks like Adeline, Myrel), and synergistic weirdos (Star of Extinction with Brash Taunter, Living End in sacrifice, Mutinous Massacre to untap the commander, Nevinyrral's Disk/Boompile with indestructible artifact boards, Avatar's/Airbender's-style ETB rebuy). By Invitation Only and Mizzium Mortars are underplayed relative to worse generics. Match the wipe to your curve and tempo; sometimes run none (e.g. Ruric Thar). Use Scryfall's 'otag:wipe' to find options EDHREC omits. Justify every wipe with real synergy, not just 'it's a good wipe,' and keep experimenting.

## Key Clips

- **[02:03]** Your choice of board wipe should say something about your deck or have some synergy with it or at the bare minimum even mesh with anything your deck does at all, even slightly. Board wipes, like the rest of your interaction, is not something that should be viewed in isolation from the fun, synergistic part of your 99.
- **[03:06]** A Sultai lands deck with Muldrotha runs Damnation, Toxic Deluge, and Deadly Cover-Up ΓÇö wipes Muldrotha can't recur. Massacre Girl is right there. Pick a wipe that leaves your recursion commander something to bring back.
- **[04:21]** This Kwain deck runs Idyllic Tutor and Enlightened Tutor, so Out of Time ΓÇö an enchantment that's functionally a board wipe ΓÇö can be grabbed with either. Pay six mana with Idyllic Tutor to fetch it for a six-mana wipe. Same idea as Perplex plus Toxic Deluge in blue-black decks.
- **[05:51]** Board wipes divide into three camps: parity creators, parity breakers, and synergistic weirdos. Parity creators are your Wrath of Gods ΓÇö symmetrical destruction, good for slow decks that want to invalidate the early game or play few permanents themselves.
- **[07:19]** By Invitation Only: if behind, name 13 to answer nearly every common Commander board; if ahead, name the number of tokens you're okay sacrificing before the kill. A stellar parity breaker for proactive go-wide decks like Adeline that are themselves the board wipe target.
- **[09:04]** Mizzium Mortars looks underpowered at four damage, but it clears chump blockers so your attackers get through, and it's a Flame Slash in the early game. It breaks parity to close out games, yet it's played 33 times less than Blasphemous Act ΓÇö that race should be closer.
- **[10:46]** Damn is my favorite easy parity creator: an upgraded Terror and a Wrath of God in one, a flexible wipe with a safety valve so it's never a dead draw. Killer for decks that can afford Orzhov colors.
- **[13:02]** Make sure your wipe fits the curve and tempo of your deck ΓÇö sometimes that means running no board wipe at all. And use the Scryfall tagging system: otag:wipe surfaces a bounty of options EDHREC might not recommend.

## Tags

**Archetypes/Strategy:** tokens, value-engine, aggro
**Format/Bracket:** Upgraded, Optimized
**Card Categories:** board-wipe, removal, recursion
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Source video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD2uz3YkfsU

Summary

Argues board wipes are a neglected deckbuilding slot; every wipe should be chosen with intention and synergy, not defaulted to generics like Farewell, Vanquish the Horde, Blasphemous Act, or Toxic Deluge. Prefer bespoke fits: for a Muldrotha graveyard/lands deck, use wipes it can recur (Massacre Girl, Meathook Massacre, Mutual Destruction) over Damnation/Toxic Deluge/Deadly Cover-Up. For decks with enchantment tutors (Idyllic/Enlightened Tutor), run Out of Time as a tutorable wipe; likewise Perplex + Toxic Deluge in blue/black. Three wipe categories: parity creators (Wrath of God, Damn, Out of TimeΓÇögood for slow/low-permanent decks), parity breakers (Winds of Abandon/Wrath, By Invitation Only, Mizzium Mortars, Culling the Weak, Crippling FearΓÇöfor proactive/go-wide decks like Adeline, Myrel), and synergistic weirdos (Star of Extinction with Brash Taunter, Living End in sacrifice, Mutinous Massacre to untap the commander, Nevinyrral's Disk/Boompile with indestructible artifact boards, Avatar's/Airbender's-style ETB rebuy). By Invitation Only and Mizzium Mortars are underplayed relative to worse generics. Match the wipe to your curve and tempo; sometimes run none (e.g. Ruric Thar). Use Scryfall's 'otag:wipe' to find options EDHREC omits. Justify every wipe with real synergy, not just 'it's a good wipe,' and keep experimenting.

Key Clips

[02:03] Your choice of board wipe should say something about your deck or have some synergy with it or at the bare minimum even mesh with anything your deck does at all, even slightly. Board wipes, like the rest of your interaction, is not something that should be viewed in isolation from the fun, synergistic part of your 99.
[03:06] A Sultai lands deck with Muldrotha runs Damnation, Toxic Deluge, and Deadly Cover-Up ΓÇö wipes Muldrotha can't recur. Massacre Girl is right there. Pick a wipe that leaves your recursion commander something to bring back.
[04:21] This Kwain deck runs Idyllic Tutor and Enlightened Tutor, so Out of Time ΓÇö an enchantment that's functionally a board wipe ΓÇö can be grabbed with either. Pay six mana with Idyllic Tutor to fetch it for a six-mana wipe. Same idea as Perplex plus Toxic Deluge in blue-black decks.
[05:51] Board wipes divide into three camps: parity creators, parity breakers, and synergistic weirdos. Parity creators are your Wrath of Gods ΓÇö symmetrical destruction, good for slow decks that want to invalidate the early game or play few permanents themselves.
[07:19] By Invitation Only: if behind, name 13 to answer nearly every common Commander board; if ahead, name the number of tokens you're okay sacrificing before the kill. A stellar parity breaker for proactive go-wide decks like Adeline that are themselves the board wipe target.
[09:04] Mizzium Mortars looks underpowered at four damage, but it clears chump blockers so your attackers get through, and it's a Flame Slash in the early game. It breaks parity to close out games, yet it's played 33 times less than Blasphemous Act ΓÇö that race should be closer.
[10:46] Damn is my favorite easy parity creator: an upgraded Terror and a Wrath of God in one, a flexible wipe with a safety valve so it's never a dead draw. Killer for decks that can afford Orzhov colors.
[13:02] Make sure your wipe fits the curve and tempo of your deck ΓÇö sometimes that means running no board wipe at all. And use the Scryfall tagging system: otag:wipe surfaces a bounty of options EDHREC might not recommend.