---
name: "Scorch the Fields"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "DKA"
set_name: "Dark Ascension"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jaime Jones"
oracle_id: "6f9bce77-f7f0-453b-86cd-1e6bd71980a3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scorch-the-fields-dka"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scorch the Fields
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target land. Scorch the Fields deals 1 damage to each Human creature.

> *"Your fields will turn as black as a ghoul's tongue and fire shall be your only harvest."
—Minaldra, the Vizag Atum*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Devastate](/printing/devastate-pcy.md) — Sorcery
2. [Melt Terrain](/printing/melt-terrain-som.md) — Sorcery
3. [Into the Maw of Hell](/printing/into-the-maw-of-hell-isd.md) — Sorcery
4. [Keldon Arsonist](/printing/keldon-arsonist-pcy.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Ravaging Horde](/printing/ravaging-horde-ptk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Scorched Earth](/printing/scorched-earth-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dark Ascension (DKA) #103
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jaime Jones
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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