---
name: "Scorched Earth"
mana_cost: "{X}{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "TMP-200"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nicola Leonard"
oracle_id: "fd1ce3e0-9c2d-48b6-9a14-4e71921cdfa4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scorched-earth-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Scorched Earth
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X land cards.
Destroy X target lands.

> *"Fire cleanses as well as destroys; that is the nature of change."
—Oracle *en*-Vec*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Raze](/printing/raze-usg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Roiling Terrain](/printing/roiling-terrain-wwk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Desecrated Earth](/printing/desecrated-earth-zen.md) — Sorcery
4. [Melt Terrain](/printing/melt-terrain-som.md) — Sorcery
5. [Scorch the Fields](/printing/scorch-the-fields-dka.md) — Sorcery
6. [Implode](/printing/implode-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #TMP-200
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nicola Leonard
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`