Wrecking Ball

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Wrecking Ball: Instant, Commander Anthology. Destroy target creature or land. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Black and red (BR)
Rarity
Common
Set
Commander Anthology (CMA)
Released
2017-06-09
Collector number
198
Artist
Ron Spears
Commander rank
19,897 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black and red instant from Commander Anthology (CMA), a Commander product released in June 2017. It is collector number 198 in that set, with art by Ron Spears. It costs {2}{B}{R} (two generic, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Dissension (2006) to Commander Anthology (2017). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Destroy target creature or land.

Rakdos festivals almost leave enough rubble in their wake to hide the bodies.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Wrecking Ball by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
RNA Guild Kit (GK2) #74Common2019
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #189Uncommon2015
Commander 2011 (CMD) #238Common2011
Dissension (DIS) #139Common2006

Similar cards

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Wrecking Ball is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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