---
name: "Culling Ritual"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "921"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lorenzo Mastroianni"
oracle_id: "15e5136e-ed15-49a8-b027-e09436673fb4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/culling-ritual-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Culling Ritual
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less. Add {B} or {G} for each permanent destroyed this way.

> *"Your own frailty is your undoing. I am merely the one to expose it."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Culling Sun](/printing/culling-sun-gpt.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ritual of Soot](/printing/ritual-of-soot-pgrn.md) — Sorcery
3. [Gaze of Granite](/printing/gaze-of-granite-pidw.md) — Sorcery
4. [Pernicious Deed](/printing/pernicious-deed-cns.md) — Enchantment
5. [Culling Scales](/printing/culling-scales-mrd.md) — Artifact
6. [Path of Peril](/printing/path-of-peril-vow.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #921
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lorenzo Mastroianni
- **Total Printings:** 53 across all historical editions

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