---
name: "Despoil"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "77fa18fa-5dba-4e4c-9b24-9bfa9b68779f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/despoil-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Despoil
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target land. Its controller loses 2 life.

> *Nothing could grow where the vile smoke had been, and no one could breathe it and live.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spreading Rot](/printing/spreading-rot-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Desecrated Earth](/printing/desecrated-earth-zen.md) — Sorcery
3. [Maw of the Mire](/printing/maw-of-the-mire-isd.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. [Rolling Spoil](/printing/rolling-spoil-rav.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #62
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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