---
name: "Erode"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Florian Herold"
oracle_id: "2e467fab-e808-44d3-99bf-e3621baeb7cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/erode-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Erode
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

> *„Unsere Leben sind auf der Vergangenheit aufgebaut. Was geschieht dann wohl, wenn wir uns von ihr abschneiden?"
-Augusta, Dekanin der Ordnung*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Path to Exile](/printing/path-to-exile-md1.md) — Instant
2. [Cleansing Wildfire](/printing/cleansing-wildfire-znr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Deathsprout](/printing/deathsprout-c20.md) — Instant
4. [Geomancer's Gambit](/printing/geomancers-gambit-mh1.md) — Sorcery
5. [Emergency Eject](/printing/emergency-eject-eoe.md) — Instant
6. [Field of Ruin](/printing/field-of-ruin-moc.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #15
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Florian Herold
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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