---
name: "Bane of Progress"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "C15"
set_name: "Commander 2015"
collector_number: "175"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lars Grant-West"
oracle_id: "51f9a6cc-8eb2-44ed-a2d9-913ac514ad67"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bane-of-progress-c15"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bane of Progress
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, destroy all artifacts and enchantments. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each permanent destroyed this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fracturing Gust](/printing/fracturing-gust-shm.md) — Instant
2. [Builder's Bane](/printing/builders-bane-mir.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rampage of the Clans](/printing/rampage-of-the-clans-rna.md) — Instant
4. [Creeping Corrosion](/printing/creeping-corrosion-mbs.md) — Sorcery
5. [Foundation Breaker](/printing/foundation-breaker-ecc.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Seeds of Innocence](/printing/seeds-of-innocence-mir.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2015 (C15) #175
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lars Grant-West
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2013-10-17)* Bane of Progress's ability destroys all artifacts and enchantments, including those you control.
- *(2013-10-17)* If an artifact or enchantment isn't destroyed (perhaps because it has indestructible or it regenerated), it won't count toward the number of +1/+1 counters put on Bane of Progress. However, if an artifact or enchantment is destroyed but doesn't go to its owner's graveyard due to a replacement effect (like the one Rest in Peace creates), it will count.