Casualties of War
Casualties of War: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Choose one or more - • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target creature. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 300
- Artist
- Nereida
- Commander rank
- 1,783 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Build around this card with Grover
About Casualties of War
Casualties of War is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 300 in that set, with art by Nereida. It costs {2}{B}{B}{G}{G} (two generic, two black and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from War of the Spark (2019) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Choose one or more -
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target creature.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Destroy target land.
• Destroy target planeswalker.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Casualties of War by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Casualties of War
Casualties of War has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #98 | Rare | 2025 |
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #125 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #1004 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #213 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #476 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #741 | Rare | 2024 |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) #83 | Rare | 2021 |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #187p | Rare | 2020 |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #187s | Rare | 2019 |
| War of the Spark (WAR) #187 | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Casualties of War, newest first.
- You can choose any number of the modes for Casualties of War, but you can't choose a mode more than once.
- Each target permanent is destroyed in the order specified. Abilities that trigger when one is destroyed won't be put onto the stack until Casualties of War has finished resolving.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Casualties of War is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.