First printed in Planar Chaos (2007)

All 16 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2000, 2025
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2019, 2025
Special Guests (SPG) #68, 2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #102249, 2022 (digital)
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #353, 2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #437, 2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #73, 2022
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #106, 2021
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #121, 2020
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #55862, 2017 (digital)
Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #39, 2017
Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #63, 2017
Judge Gift Cards 2015 (J15) #5, 2015
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #31417, 2010 (digital)
Magic Player Rewards 2008 (P08) #1, 2008
Planar Chaos (PLC) #85, 2007

Damnation

Sorcery

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

In the last 30 days 0.6% of Modern decks played it (13 of 2268). Most played in Mono-Black (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (9 of 6150). Most played in Chatterfang, Squirrel General.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Damnation in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), Premier Draft	59.4%	+4.9	+8.1	1551

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Combos

1 combo from Commander Spellbook.

Draw the game, Each opponent loses the game: Biorhythm + Damnation

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 13 of 2268 decks (0.6%).

Share of decks

0.6%

▼ 0.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 11 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

52%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.5%	5%
UBG (unclassified)	2.1%	2%
UB (unclassified)	1.2%	32%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UB hubed in Modern Challenge 64	6-2 75%
UBG WaffleWiz in Modern Challenge 64	4-3 57%
UB kickhn2002 in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
UB soggymeatball in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
UB hubed in Modern Challenge 32	2-3 40%
UB Adrian Garcia in IQ Arzúa - Piknitas Modern	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Black sekizou, 28 Oct	4 main	5-0
Mono-Black sekizou, 27 Oct	4 main	5-0
UB kickhn2002, 21 Oct	1 side	#18 3-3
UB hubed, 20 Oct	2 side	#5 6-2
UB hubed, 20 Oct	2 side	5-0
UB hubed, 16 Oct	2 side	#29 2-3
UB kickhn2002, 15 Oct	1 side	5-0
Mono-Black bokk, 9 Oct	2 side	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 9 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

9 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

20%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Chatterfang, Squirrel General	0.4%	4%
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER	0.1%	33%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	0.0%	67%
Tinybones, Trinket Thief	0.0%	100%
Haunted One + Zellix, Sanity Flayer	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Dark Ritual	100%	2.5
Demonic Tutor	100%	2.1
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Toxic Deluge	89%	17.7
Vampiric Tutor	89%	1.8
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	78%	21.8
Reanimate	78%	7.0
Phyrexian Tower	78%	5.8
Deadly Rollick	78%	5.8
Urza's Saga	78%	3.2

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Mathew sherrell in The CEDH Witching Hour	1-4 20%
Chatterfang, Squirrel General Fidael in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER Diego Alegre González, 25 Oct	1 main	#15 0-2
Tinybones, Trinket Thief greg stein, 24 Oct	1 main	#29 0-4
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Mathew sherrell, 17 Oct	1 main	#24 1-4
Tinybones, Trinket Thief greg stein, 10 Oct	1 main	#45 0-4
Tinybones, Trinket Thief Ronny Martinez, 10 Oct	1 main	#33 0-3
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER David Fuentes, 3 Oct	1 main	#22 0-4
Haunted One + Zellix, Sanity Flayer Roberto Caliari, 3 Oct	1 main	#9 1-2
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Lineker, 3 Oct	1 main	#30 0-4

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 80 decks (1.3%).

Share of decks

1.3%

▲ 0.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UBR (unclassified)	2.5%	50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UBR zarox, 12 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage.