---
name: "Erosion"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "4ED"
set_name: "Fourth Edition"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "155ee24f-a458-4df4-86d5-5eb7396ebf45"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/erosion-4ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Erosion
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant land
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, destroy that land unless that player pays {1} or 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cursed Land](/printing/cursed-land-leb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Orcish Mine](/printing/orcish-mine-hml.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Uncontrolled Infestation](/printing/uncontrolled-infestation-scg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Blight](/printing/blight-6ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Crackling Emergence](/printing/crackling-emergence-neo.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Steam Vines](/printing/steam-vines-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition (4ED) #70
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 16 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`