---
name: "Ravages of War"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "PTK"
set_name: "Portal Three Kingdoms"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Fang Yue"
oracle_id: "265236d1-d96c-4424-835e-a0fe91c41170"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ravages-of-war-ptk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ravages of War
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy all lands.

> *"Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed. Lean years follow in the wake of a great war."
—Lao Tzu, *Tao Te Ching* (trans. Feng and English)*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Armageddon](/printing/armageddon-leb.md) — Sorcery
2. [Devastation](/printing/devastation-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ruination](/printing/ruination-cmd.md) — Sorcery
4. [Wake of Destruction](/printing/wake-of-destruction-uds.md) — Sorcery
5. [Devastate](/printing/devastate-pcy.md) — Sorcery
6. [Planar Cleansing](/printing/planar-cleansing-m10.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK) #17
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Fang Yue
- **Total Printings:** 11 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: `not_legal`