---
name: "Waste Away"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "88"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alan Pollack"
oracle_id: "d7f25f7f-3fa2-47ba-be33-ba0b08f26c94"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/waste-away-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Waste Away
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ruthless Disposal](/printing/ruthless-disposal-sir.md) — Sorcery
2. [Bitter Triumph](/printing/bitter-triumph-lci.md) — Instant
3. [Cinderhaze Wretch](/printing/cinderhaze-wretch-shm.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
4. [Dismember](/printing/dismember-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Plague Witch](/printing/plague-witch-ema.md) — Creature — Elf Spellshaper
6. [Acceptable Losses](/printing/acceptable-losses-ody.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #88
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alan Pollack
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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