{
  "id": 15810827,
  "title": "20 Best Board Wipes in Magic: The Gathering",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/20-best-board-wipes-in-magic-the-gathering",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-20T21:52:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/best-board-wipes-magic-gathering-mtg/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Magic: The Gathering, board wipes, or sweepers, serve as the ultimate reset button. These spells clear multiple cards from the battlefield in a single shot, whether you need to eliminate a full opponent's army or slow down the game by removing lands. Introduced in Magic's debut in 1993, these powerful plays have remained a cornerstone of strategy. Control and midrange decks often rely on board wipes to erase an opponent's momentum, while modern alternatives use non-targeting exile effects or mass toughness penalties.\n\nThis list presents 20 of the best board wipes in MTG history, each offering a unique brand of devastation. Boompile, a four-mana artifact, functions as a chaotic, chance-based alternative to traditional board wipes. Scourglass, another artifact, provides a delayed detonation that specifically spares artifacts and lands.\n\nArtifact-focused strategies gained a devastating asymmetrical tool with Organic Extinction in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander. For ten mana, this card destroys all non-artifact creatures, preserving artifact-heavy decks' mechanized armies. In Garruk's Wake is a nine-mana sorcery that destroys opponents' creatures and planeswalkers, leaving the battlefield untouched. Green is limited in traditional mass creature destruction, but Ezuri's Predation offers a unique solution by spawning Phyrexian Beast tokens to fight enemy creatures.\n\nNevinyrral's Disk, a colorless emergency button since Alpha, destroys all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments simultaneously for just four mana, making it a staple in competitive decks. Armageddon, a white sorcery for four mana, destroys all lands, effectively erasing the game's fundamental resources and locking in a superior board state.",
  "summary": "From Wrath of God to Cyclonic Rift, these are the spells that turn crowded battlefields into devastation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}