---
name: "Wasteful Harvest"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "196"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alex Stone"
oracle_id: "d44627c0-1617-4706-bbeb-0169745364c7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wasteful-harvest-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wasteful Harvest
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Mill five cards. You may put a permanent card from among the cards milled this way into your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

> *Once the brothers discovered the pristine island of Argoth, the war came down to who could plunder it faster.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Midnight Tilling](/printing/midnight-tilling-ecl.md) — Instant
2. [Sudden Reclamation](/printing/sudden-reclamation-frf.md) — Instant
3. [Molt Tender](/printing/molt-tender-dft.md) — Creature — Insect Druid
4. [Millikin](/printing/millikin-ody.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Grapple with the Past](/printing/grapple-with-the-past-inr.md) — Instant
6. [Roots of Wisdom](/printing/roots-of-wisdom-khm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #196
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alex Stone
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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