---
name: "Spreading Rot"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "125"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Yeong-Hao Han"
oracle_id: "3c1b95bd-a2fc-47cd-8940-e4af03bd3ce2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spreading-rot-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spreading Rot
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target land. Its controller loses 2 life.

> *„Welch faulige Präsenz beleidigt die reinigenden Strahlen der Sonne?" —Itzama Knochenhaupt*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Despoil](/printing/despoil-pcy.md) — Sorcery
2. [Desecrated Earth](/printing/desecrated-earth-zen.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rolling Spoil](/printing/rolling-spoil-rav.md) — Sorcery
4. [Maw of the Mire](/printing/maw-of-the-mire-isd.md) — Sorcery
5. [Poison the Well](/printing/poison-the-well-shm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rain of Tears](/printing/rain-of-tears-10e.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #125
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Yeong-Hao Han
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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