---
name: "Boiling Earth"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Awaken"]
set: "BFZ"
set_name: "Battle for Zendikar"
collector_number: "142"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Titus Lunter"
oracle_id: "fb34b671-b61a-47e2-90fa-dbe5cf6d3743"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/boiling-earth-bfz"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Boiling Earth
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Awaken

## Oracle Text
Boiling Earth deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.
Awaken 4—{6}{R} (If you cast this spell for {6}{R}, also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Earthen Arms](/printing/earthen-arms-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Planar Outburst](/printing/planar-outburst-ncc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ruinous Path](/printing/ruinous-path-pio.md) — Sorcery
4. [Sheer Drop](/printing/sheer-drop-bfz.md) — Sorcery
5. [Roil Spout](/printing/roil-spout-bfz.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rising Miasma](/printing/rising-miasma-bfz.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle for Zendikar (BFZ) #142
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Titus Lunter
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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