---
name: "Desecrated Earth"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "3c9242fd-915b-4f6d-b4ee-830c9d80c9e8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desecrated-earth-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Desecrated Earth
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target land. Its controller discards a card.

> *"La tierra está atiborrada de maná, reliquias malditas y secretos. Si la pinchas, nunca sabes qué saldrá." —Javad Nasrin, cazadora de reliquias de Ondu*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Despoil](/printing/despoil-pcy.md) — Sorcery
2. [Destroy the Evidence](/printing/destroy-the-evidence-rtr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Spreading Rot](/printing/spreading-rot-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Poison the Well](/printing/poison-the-well-shm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Rain of Tears](/printing/rain-of-tears-10e.md) — Sorcery
6. [Melt Terrain](/printing/melt-terrain-som.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #86
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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