---
name: "Cleansing Beam"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Radiance"]
set: "CMD"
set_name: "Commander 2011"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pat Lee"
oracle_id: "5c208258-f987-4d41-8eee-62e188d47ffb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cleansing-beam-cmd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cleansing Beam
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Radiance

## Oracle Text
Radiance — Cleansing Beam deals 2 damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it.

> *"La justicia no puede administrarse sin castigo. La rectitud no puede triunfar sin el sufrimiento de los culpables." —Razia, arcángel boros*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wojek Embermage](/printing/wojek-embermage-rav.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Searing Rays](/printing/searing-rays-inv.md) — Sorcery
3. [Brightflame](/printing/brightflame-gk1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Sudden Demise](/printing/sudden-demise-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Bathe in Light](/printing/bathe-in-light-cmd.md) — Instant
6. [Wojek Siren](/printing/wojek-siren-rav.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2011 (CMD) #116
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pat Lee
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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