---
name: "Burn the Accursed"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Auden Nash"
oracle_id: "b5aae42b-3fde-4f10-b85e-882c528badef"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/burn-the-accursed-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Burn the Accursed
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Burn the Accursed deals 5 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

> *Nothing remained but a few drifting embers and the smell of smoldering hair.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Feed the Flames](/printing/feed-the-flames-ecl.md) — Instant
2. [Reduce to Ashes](/printing/reduce-to-ashes-clu.md) — Sorcery
3. [Burn Away](/printing/burn-away-cn2.md) — Instant
4. [Scorchmark](/printing/scorchmark-rna.md) — Instant
5. [Scorching Dragonfire](/printing/scorching-dragonfire-eld.md) — Instant
6. [Annihilating Fire](/printing/annihilating-fire-rtr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #132
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Auden Nash
- **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: `not_legal`