Deadly Tempest

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Deadly Tempest: Sorcery, Starter Commander Decks. Destroy all creatures. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
75
Artist
Cliff Childs
Commander rank
3,625 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Deadly Tempest

Deadly Tempest is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 75 in that set, with art by Cliff Childs. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Commander 2015 (2015) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.72 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Destroy all creatures. Each player loses life equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed this way.

When the winds blow out of the abyss, death is the only harvest.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.72 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Deadly Tempest by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Deadly Tempest

Deadly Tempest has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2021 (C21) #140Rare2021
Commander 2020 (C20) #131Rare2020
The List (PLST) #C15-19Rare2019
Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #42Rare2015
Commander 2015 (C15) #19Rare2015

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Deadly Tempest.

  • Creatures that aren’t destroyed this way (perhaps because they regenerated or have indestructible) don’t count toward the life lost.

Similar cards

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Deadly Tempest is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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