---
name: "Befoul"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "c573c59a-5a79-4fe1-a6d8-5e0153b5c059"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/befoul-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Destroy target land or nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spiteful Blow](/printing/spiteful-blow-jou.md) — Sorcery
2. [Despoil](/printing/despoil-pcy.md) — Sorcery
3. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant
4. [Stream of Acid](/printing/stream-of-acid-pz2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dark Banishing](/printing/dark-banishing-ptc.md) — Instant
6. [Terror](/printing/terror-ced.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #116
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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