---
name: "Lay Waste"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "201"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Terese Nielsen"
oracle_id: "04cc9d99-69a9-499b-91bc-f2f30d217bdd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lay-waste-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lay Waste
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Destroy target land.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Violent Impact](/printing/violent-impact-akh.md) — Sorcery
2. [Implode](/printing/implode-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Melt Terrain](/printing/melt-terrain-som.md) — Sorcery
4. [Craterize](/printing/craterize-m13.md) — Sorcery
5. [Volcanic Submersion](/printing/volcanic-submersion-ala.md) — Sorcery
6. [Desecrated Earth](/printing/desecrated-earth-zen.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #201
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Terese Nielsen
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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