Desecration Plague
Sorcery
Destroy target enchantment or land.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #22471
Desecration Plague destroys one permanent and gives your opponent a Forest — five mana for a tempo-negative trade that actively fixes an opponent's mana. Playable removal exists at two and three mana; this doesn't compete.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Desecration Plague is legal in Commander, and that's the only format where it could theoretically see play — singleton pressure and slower games lower the bar for removal slightly, but five mana to destroy one permanent is still well below the format's floor. In Pauper, where every mana counts and commons like Cast Down and Skred dominate, Desecration Plague has no realistic home. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have access to efficient interaction at one and two mana that makes this unplayable on rate alone.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Desecration Plague is deep bulk — it costs more to sleeve than to buy. Price floor is already the floor; don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.