---
name: "Cataclysm"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "b0479ca4-e925-4aa7-a4fa-f7e01f899ac5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cataclysm-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cataclysm
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player chooses from among the permanents they control an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a land, then sacrifices the rest.

> *The *Weatherlight* dragged the *Predator* behind it, the cradle hauling the casket.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tragic Arrogance](/printing/tragic-arrogance-ori.md) — Sorcery
2. [Global Ruin](/printing/global-ruin-inv.md) — Sorcery
3. [Razia's Purification](/printing/razias-purification-rav.md) — Sorcery
4. [Whims of the Fates](/printing/whims-of-the-fates-bng.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fortunate Few](/printing/fortunate-few-pz2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mythos of Snapdax](/printing/mythos-of-snapdax-prm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #3
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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