---
name: "Austere Command"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "FIC"
set_name: "Final Fantasy Commander"
collector_number: "231"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Watson"
oracle_id: "09cc8709-fe10-472a-b05c-e89f3523018d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/austere-command-fic"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Austere Command
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose two —
• Destroy all artifacts.
• Destroy all enchantments.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cleansing Nova](/printing/cleansing-nova-c21.md) — Sorcery
2. [Merciless Eviction](/printing/merciless-eviction-c16.md) — Sorcery
3. [Purify](/printing/purify-7ed.md) — Sorcery
4. [Decimate](/printing/decimate-dmr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Void](/printing/void-tsb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Destroy Evil](/printing/destroy-evil-dmu.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #231
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Watson
- **Total Printings:** 124 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`