Dusk / Dawn — Clean Sweep and Salvage
Dusk / Dawn from Commander Aetherdrift is a concise board control tool that reads straightforwardly at every table. Dusk wipes the midrange and top end by destroying all creatures with power 3 or greater, letting you reset combat and clear troublesome threats in one clean resolution. As a white sorcery it fits into control shells and tokens strategies that want predictable answers rather than conditional removals.
The Dawn half carries Aftermath and acts as graveyard insurance by returning small creatures to your hand after the storm has passed. Use Dusk to reset the battlefield and later cast Dawn from the graveyard to rebuild a board of low cost bodies. Practical, efficient, and easy to read, Dusk / Dawn rewards players who sequence their plays and plan for both the sweeping board clear and follow up recovery.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{W}{W} / {3}{W}{W}
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Card Type – Sorcery
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Subtypes – (none)
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Dusk: Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Dawn: Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Return all creature cards with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.
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Power / Toughness – (not applicable)
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Loyalty – (not applicable)
