---
name: "Cleansing"
mana_cost: "{W}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "DRK"
set_name: "The Dark"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "46b83657-1699-4162-a4bb-b792da396fe6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cleansing-drk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cleansing
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
For each land, destroy that land unless any player pays 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cleansing Wildfire](/printing/cleansing-wildfire-znr.md) — Sorcery
2. [Planar Cleansing](/printing/planar-cleansing-m10.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ravages of War](/printing/ravages-of-war-ptk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Despoil](/printing/despoil-pcy.md) — Sorcery
5. [Wasteland](/printing/wasteland-mpr.md) — Land
6. [Encroaching Wastes](/printing/encroaching-wastes-m14.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Dark (DRK) #4
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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