Desecrated Earth
Sorcery
Destroy target land. Its controller discards a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26896
Desecrated Earth destroys a land and makes its controller discard a card — both effects on one sorcery for four mana. That rate is too slow and too expensive for competitive play, but in dedicated land-hate or discard-synergy Commander shells it earns a slot by doubling up two disruption vectors at once.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Desecrated Earth occupies a narrow niche: decks that want to punish greedy mana bases or pair land destruction with discard payoffs — think Tourach or Kroxa builds. Outside that context, four mana to hit one land is too inefficient in a 100-card singleton format where the target just replaces it next turn. In Pauper, land destruction is a real axis and the common slot matters, but faster one- and two-mana options crowd Desecrated Earth out of most lists. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power to ignore it entirely. The card's honest ceiling is a role-player in Commander decks built around making opponents miserable, not a staple in any competitive 60-card format.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Desecrated Earth is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. The price reflects exactly what the market thinks of it, and there's no pressure driving it upward.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.