---
name: "Reduce to Ashes"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "CLU"
set_name: "Ravnica: Clue Edition"
collector_number: "145"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "9aab4b32-c5b3-4707-b359-9b5e3b63cd11"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/reduce-to-ashes-clu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Reduce to Ashes
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Reduce to Ashes deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

> *"Before they can go to their final rest, the wicked must be purified by fire."
—Harra the Adjudicator*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Feed the Flames](/printing/feed-the-flames-ecl.md) — Instant
2. [Burn the Accursed](/printing/burn-the-accursed-dbl.md) — Instant
3. [Puncturing Blow](/printing/puncturing-blow-akr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Annihilating Fire](/printing/annihilating-fire-rtr.md) — Instant
5. [Scorching Dragonfire](/printing/scorching-dragonfire-eld.md) — Instant
6. [Burn Away](/printing/burn-away-cn2.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #145
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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