---
name: "Cleanse"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Phil Foglio"
oracle_id: "a610c77c-fe31-4465-a1c1-392db4ce4ed1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cleanse-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "banned"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "banned"
  vintage: "banned"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Destroy all black creatures.

> *The clouds broke and the sun's rays burst forth; each foul beast in its turn faltered, and was gone.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Virtue's Ruin](/printing/virtues-ruin-v14.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mass Calcify](/printing/mass-calcify-m15.md) — Sorcery
3. [Planar Cleansing](/printing/planar-cleansing-m10.md) — Sorcery
4. [Purge](/printing/purge-td2.md) — Instant
5. [Purify](/printing/purify-7ed.md) — Sorcery
6. [Cleansing Nova](/printing/cleansing-nova-c21.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #5
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Phil Foglio
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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