The 45 Best Budget Board Wipes in Magic Ranked

Wrath of God | Illustration by Kev Walker

When it comes to wiping away your opponents’ permanents, you often rely on your favorite go-to options, but efficiency doesn’t necessarily translate into budget. Cards like Toxic Deluge or Cyclonic Rift are undeniably powerful, but they can also eat up a decent chunk of your deck budget.

The good news? You don’t need to spend a fortune to reset the board, as there are plenty of options under $5 that get the job done, and today, I’ll go over some of them.

Intrigued by what hidden gems you're about to find? Let’s dive right into it!

What Are Budget Board Wipes in MTG?

Merciless Eviction | Illustration by Richard Wright

Budget board wipes in Magic: The Gathering are powerful spells that clear the battlefield—often destroying creatures, artifacts, or other permanents—without breaking the bank. These are typically board wipe cards that cost under $5, so they’re great options for Commander, casual play, and budget decks. These cards are some of the best budget-friendly board wipes across all colors, focusing on cards that deliver maximum value while staying within that $5 price range.

#45. Settle the Wreckage – $5.00

Settle the Wreckage doesn’t hit the whole board, but it does shut down combat in the blink of an eye. This instant-speed trick exiles all of a player’s attacking creatures, so it’s perfect for stopping alpha strikes. Sure, they get lands, but trading a lethal attack for a few tapped basics? Worth it every time.

#44. All Is Dust – $3.65

Few cards are as devastating in the right deck as All Is Dust. It makes each player sacrifice all colored permanents, meaning decks with colorless cards (like Eldrazi or heavy artifact builds) come out completely unscathed. It’s a nightmare for pretty much every deck and a total reset button in colorless control shells. On top of that, since creatures are sacrificed, it gets around indestructible and regeneration, truly living up to its name.

#43. River's Rebuke – $2.99

If there’s a specific problem player, River's Rebuke lets you absolutely dunk on them. It bounces all nonland permanents they control. It’s the perfect card to reset a combo player or knock the pillow fort out from under a control deck. They’re set back to square one while everyone else keeps their toys.

#42. Damn – $2.99

Damn is one of those slick little spells that’s way more flexible than it looks. On the surface, it’s just a solid 2-mana kill spell—but with overload, it suddenly becomes a full-blown board wipe for 4 mana. That kind of versatility is rare and super useful in both early and late-game situations.

#41. Vandalblast – $2.40

While not your typical board wipe, Vandalblast is the go-to if artifacts are a problem. You can use it early to pick off a single piece or pay the overload cost to nuke every artifact your opponents control. It’s cheap and flexible, and it’s especially nasty in metas full of mana rocks, equipment, or artifact combo decks. Bonus: You keep your stuff.

#40. Obliterate – $2.23

Sometimes you just want to watch the world burn, and Obliterate makes that happen. It destroys all artifacts, creatures, and lands—and it can’t be countered. This is the definition of a hard reset, useful if you’re playing a deck that can recover fast or if you want to stall the game long enough to pull ahead.

#39. Wrath of God – $2.10

Wrath of God is a classic for a reason. For just 4 mana, this card wipes out all creatures and ensures they can’t regenerate. While it’s not flashy by today’s standards, the clean, unconditional wipe makes this a timeless pick in any white deck that wants to reset the board.

#38. Wave of Vitriol – $1.92

Wave of Vitriol is a unique green board wipe that goes after artifacts, enchantments, and nonbasic lands—all at once. It's brutal against greedy mana bases and players that rely on powerful enchantments or equipment. Everyone gets to replace those permanents with basics, sure, but what you’re really doing is knocking opponents back several turns while thinning out your deck a little in the process.

#37. Blasphemous Act – $1.74

A staple in red decks everywhere, Blasphemous Act is famous for its potential to cost just a single red mana. It deals 13 damage to every creature, which clears almost any board short of indestructible creatures. And with its cost reduced by how many creatures are out, it’s basically tailor-made for big multiplayer scrums or creature-heavy metas.

#36. Supreme Verdict – $1.60

Supreme Verdict is just the cleanest board wipe in Azorius colors (). It’s simple—destroy all creatures—but the uncounterable clause makes it amazing against blue decks like spirits in Pioneer or anyone holding up countermagic.

#35. Ezuri's Predation – $1.26

While not a traditional board wipe, Ezuri's Predation does the job with style. For each creature your opponents control, you make a 4/4 Beast that immediately fights one of their creatures. If your opponents are going wide, this can be a complete massacre—plus you end up with a bunch of Beasts left over. It’s a green board control spell disguised as a win condition.

#34. In Garruk's Wake – $1.17

In Garruk's Wake doesn’t bother being subtle—it just nukes your opponents’ boards while it leaves yours completely untouched. All creatures and planeswalkers they control are destroyed, while you walk away unscathed. Sure, it costs 9 mana, but in a big Commander game, that’s a fair price for such a brutally one-sided effect. It’s one of those cards that can end the game for everyone else.

#33. Star of Extinction – $0.95

If you're looking for a board wipe with maximum efficiency, Star of Extinction absolutely delivers. At 7 mana, it’s a huge investment—but one that pays off in spectacular fashion by blowing up a land and dealing a whopping 20 damage to every creature and planeswalker. It’s not just a flashy play; destroying a key land like Cabal Coffers, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, or any other annoying utility land can completely derail an opponent’s strategy. Pair it with Brash Taunter for the hidden game-winning combo that's hard to interact with.

#32. Bontu's Last Reckoning – $0.94

Bontu's Last Reckoning is a powerful but risky wipe. For just 3 mana, you get to destroy all creatures—super efficient!—but there’s a cost: Your lands won’t untap next turn. That’s a rough downside, but if you’re desperate or playing a low-curve deck that can operate off little mana, it can still turn a losing position into a massive tempo swing.

#31. Culling Ritual – $0.89

Culling Ritual destroys every nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less. Often, you’ll nuke tokens, mana rocks, cheap enchantments, and utility creatures, then you’ll give yourself a burst of mana for each one. It’s a tempo play, a ramp spell, and a wipe all rolled into one. Golgari decks () that like to rebuild fast or follow up with big plays will love this card.

#30. Slash the Ranks – $0.82

Slash the Ranks is an amazing inclusion for Voltron commanders—it wipes out all creatures and planeswalkers, except for commanders. If you’re built around your commander and lean on it more than a swarm of creatures, this sweeper can clear the way without taking down your centerpiece.

#29. Evacuation – $0.75

Not every board wipe has to send things to the graveyard. Evacuation bounces all creatures back to their owners’ hands at instant speed, which is often enough to stop a lethal swing or delay a combo turn. If you’ve got creatures with enters effects, this can even be a sneaky way to re-trigger your own value plays while setting everyone else back a full turn.

#28. Nevinyrral’s Disk – $0.69

There’s something delightfully old-school about Nevinyrral's Disk. This artifact comes into play tapped, but once it’s ready, it nukes all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments—leaving only lands and planeswalkers untouched. It might be a little slow, but the threat of activation alone often warps the table’s play patterns. Plus, you can also use the likes of Voltaic Key to activate it right away.

#27. Tragic Arrogance – $0.68

This one’s a weird board wipe, but Tragic Arrogance is powerful in the right hands. Rather than destroy everything, it lets you decide what each player keeps—one creature artifact, enchantment, and planeswalker per player. The rest? Gone. You keep your best stuff while everyone else keeps their worst. Notably, those permanents are sacrificed, so even the likes of Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre won’t survive.

#26. Hour of Revelation – $0.60

When the board is clogged with tokens, Treasures, and enchantments, Hour of Revelation steps in like a wrecking ball. It hits everything that’s not a land, and it even drops the cost to just 3 white mana if there are 10 or more nonland permanents on the board, which feels like a bargain for such a massive reset.

#25. Whirlwind – $0.53

Flying creatures can be hard to deal with—unless you’re running Whirlwind. This simple, elegant sorcery wipes out all creatures with flying, making it a perfect sideboard or maindeck option if your meta has angels, dragons, or annoying evasive threats.

#24. Vanquish the Horde – $0.52

With a name like Vanquish the Horde, you know it means business. This board wipe gets cheaper for every creature on the field—so in most games, especially in multiplayer, it ends up costing just 2 or 3 mana.

#23. Burn Down the House – $0.50

You get options with Burn Down the House, and that’s always a good thing. You can go for the big burn, dealing 5 damage to all creatures and planeswalkers, or switch gears and make three Devil tokens with haste that explode into extra damage when they die. It’s flexible and fiery, and it’s a great card for red decks that want to keep the board under control or flood it with tricky devils.

#22. Aetherspouts – $0.49

For each attacking creature, its owner has to put it on top or bottom of their library. That means no dies triggers, no graveyard recursion, and no easy way to recover. It doesn’t technically destroy anything, but Aetherspouts gets the job done.

#21. Merciless Eviction – $0.48

If you’re looking for a board wipe that can hit exactly what’s hurting you, Merciless Eviction is about as versatile as it gets. You choose between exiling all artifacts, creatures, enchantments, or planeswalkers, so it’s a surgical answer to specific threats. It dodges graveyard recursion entirely and can swing games when timed right.

#20. Cleansing Nova – $0.47

Versatility is the name of the game with Cleansing Nova. This spell gives you the choice to either clear out all creatures or go after all artifacts and enchantments instead. That flexibility makes it a great tool to have in hand when you’re unsure what kind of threat you’ll face—just hit whatever’s hurting you most.

#19. Austere Command – $0.45

Few board wipes offer the depth of Austere Command. With four different options and the ability to pick two, this spell can tailor its destruction to whatever you need dealt with most, whether it’s taking out big creatures, small creatures, or entire rows of artifacts and enchantments. It’s a Commander favorite for a reason, letting you often come out ahead while others scramble to recover.

#18. Curse of the Swine – $0.45

This one is equal parts hilarious and devastating. Curse of the Swine exiles X creatures and replaces them with 2/2 bacon tokens. It’s especially effective against commanders or big threats that are hard to kill, and the exile clause gets around a lot of death trigger shenanigans. Great for mono-blue decks that are looking for affordable board wipes.

#17. Wash Out – $0.40

Wash Out is a sneaky little tool, especially in mono-blue decks. You get to pick a color, and then all permanents of that color get bounced. It’s selective and efficient, and it can totally gut one player’s board while leaving yours untouched. Bonus points if you’re playing colorless or mostly off-color permanents—it’s almost like casting a one-sided wipe.

#16. Black Sun's Zenith – $0.36

Need a scalable wipe that messes with counters and big boards alike? Black Sun's Zenith puts X -1/-1 counters on all creatures, which is great for permanently shrinking or killing things—even those pesky indestructible creatures. It also shuffles itself back into your library so you can potentially use it again later. It’s flexible, reusable, and absolutely nasty in the right spot.

#15. Chain Reaction – $0.31

Chain Reaction might not hit as hard as Blasphemous Act, but it still scales beautifully with the number of creatures on board. It deals damage to each creature equal to how many are out, which can wipe out huge boards when timed right.

#14. Languish – $0.25

If your deck struggles with aggro or token swarms, Languish is your go-to. It gives all creatures -4/-4 until end of turn, which wipes out a ton of threats without actually destroying indestructible ones—it just reduces them to 0 toughness. It’s especially useful in metas with a lot of weenies or fragile utility creatures you want to clear quickly and cleanly.

#13. Decree of Pain – $0.25

Now this is a very efficient board wipe. Decree of Pain not only destroys all creatures and prevents regeneration, but it also lets you draw a card for each creature killed. That can mean an absurd refill in a crowded game. And if you don’t need the full wipe, cycling it gives a mini board shrink instead. Either way, this card screams value.

#12. Anger of the Gods – $0.25

Anger of the Gods is a tidy little red board wipe that hits hard and keeps things down. It deals 3 damage to every creature, which is often enough to wipe out most early- and mid-game threats. But the real kicker? If a creature would die from it, it’s exiled instead. This red sorcery is a clean answer to graveyard-focused decks or pesky recursive threats that just won’t stay dead.

#11. Perilous Vault – $0.25

Perilous Vault doesn't mess around—it exiles everything that’s not a land. That makes it one of the most thorough answers around, and perfect for dealing with indestructible threats or graveyard strategies. It’s not the cheapest to activate, but when you absolutely need the board gone and gone for good, this is the button you push.

#10. Rout – $0.24

Want the flexibility to wipe the board on your turn or catch opponents off guard? Rout has you covered. It’s a standard 5-mana destroy-everything spell, but with an extra 2 mana, you can cast it at instant speed. That surprise factor is huge—especially when someone thinks they’ve got lethal or tries to go all-in before combat.

#9. Fumigate – $0.22

If you like your board wipes with a side of healing, Fumigate has your back. This one not only destroys all creatures, but it also lets you gain a life for each one taken out.

#8. Massacre Girl – $0.20

Few cards bring as much chaos to the board as Massacre Girl. When it hits the battlefield, every other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn, and then a chain reaction begins—every time something dies, the rest get hit again. If even one 1/1 drops, it can snowball into a full board wipe. It’s especially fun in token-heavy games, where Massacre Girl can single-handedly clear the board with style.

#7. Devastation Tide – $0.20

Sometimes you just want to sweep everything without the mess, and Devastation Tide handles that with flair. It returns all nonland permanents to their owners’ hands to reset the whole board, and the miracle cost makes it even spicier. If it’s the first card you draw on any turn, you can cast it for just 2 mana, which feels wildly unfair when you’re behind and need a reset fast.

#6. Phyrexian Rebirth – $0.16

There’s something so satisfying about turning destruction into power, and Phyrexian Rebirth nails that vibe. This spell destroys all creatures, then it hands you a massive Phyrexian Horror token equal to the number of bodies it just cleared. In Commander, this often means you’re left with a chunky 10/10 or bigger after the dust settles—perfect for swinging right back at the table.

#5. Oblivion Stone – $0.15

Like a time bomb you control, Oblivion Stone lets you build tension turn after turn. You can add fate counters to protect key permanents, then blow everything else up by sacrificing the Stone. It’s one of the best tools for colorless or multicolor decks that need a customizable board wipe, and it works especially well when you’ve got a little extra time and mana to plan ahead.

#4. Dusk // Dawn – $0.14

Split cards are always fun, and Dusk // Dawn gives you value on both ends. Up front, it clears out everything with power 3 or greater, sparing your smaller creatures. Later on, you can cast the Dawn half from your graveyard to bring back all your little guys, turning a wipe into a sneaky rebuild.

#3. Citywide Bust – $0.13

If your meta is full of big beaters, Citywide Bust is a cheap way to put them in their place. It destroys every creature with toughness 4 or greater, making it fantastic against green stompy decks or commanders that rely on bulk. It’s not quite a total wipe, but when aimed right, it can still cripple the biggest threats on the table for just 3 mana.

#2. Time Wipe – $0.10

Time Wipe is perfect for those “save one, smash the rest” moments. It lets you bounce one of your own creatures back to your hand before wiping the rest of the board clean. You can protect your best threat or reuse a creature with a strong enter-the-battlefield effect.

#1. Slaughter the Strong – $0.10

Instead of nuking the whole board, Slaughter the Strong is more of a finesse wipe. Each player can keep creatures whose total power adds up to 4 or less, then sacrifices everything else. It’s ideal for low-power value decks or control builds that don’t rely on big beaters, and it can really mess with go-wide or Voltron strategies trying to keep a single giant threat alive.

Wrap Up

Decree of Pain | Illustration by Mathias Kollros

Budget board wipes come in all kinds of flavors—some subtle, some explosive, and many way more efficient than you’d expect for the price. It’s also worth mentioning that a few once-pricey staples—like Blasphemous Act—have been reprinted enough times to make them super affordable now.

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