---
name: "Price of Progress"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "e9da499c-fa43-4e94-8395-5c030ff39502"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/price-of-progress-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Price of Progress
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Price of Progress deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Primal Order](/printing/primal-order-hml.md) — Enchantment
2. [Weight of Spires](/printing/weight-of-spires-dis.md) — Instant
3. [Acidic Soil](/printing/acidic-soil-usg.md) — Sorcery
4. [Price of Glory](/printing/price-of-glory-sld.md) — Enchantment
5. [Ground Assault](/printing/ground-assault-znc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Stonefury](/printing/stonefury-bfz.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #95
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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