---
name: "Casualties of War"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}{G}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "300"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nereida"
oracle_id: "5c6c8fe7-3520-423b-a224-1c0af516871a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/casualties-of-war-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Casualties of War
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}{G}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target creature.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Destroy target land.
• Destroy target planeswalker.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Decimate](/printing/decimate-otc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Vandalize](/printing/vandalize-dtk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rain of Thorns](/printing/rain-of-thorns-c17.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hull Breach](/printing/hull-breach-msc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ravages of War](/printing/ravages-of-war-me2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Austere Command](/printing/austere-command-msc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #300
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nereida

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-05-03)* You can choose any number of the modes for Casualties of War, but you can't choose a mode more than once.
- *(2019-05-03)* Each target permanent is destroyed in the order specified. Abilities that trigger when one is destroyed won't be put onto the stack until Casualties of War has finished resolving.