Destroy the Evidence
Sorcery
Destroy target land. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19194
Destroy the Evidence kills a land and mills five cards — five mana for a Stone Rain stapled to incidental library damage is a steep rate in a format where Strip Mine exists. Outside of dedicated mill or land-destruction strategies, the cost-to-impact ratio doesn't clear the bar.
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 |
In Commander, Destroy the Evidence is a fringe inclusion in mill strategies helmed by commanders like Phenax, God of Deception or The Scarab God, where every card milled has downstream value. In Pauper, land destruction is a real axis and the five-card mill is more meaningful in a 60-card game, but five mana is still slow for the format's tempo demands. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — both formats end before this card's effect matters. Pioneer and Modern offer better land disruption at lower mana costs, so Destroy the Evidence doesn't compete.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Destroy the Evidence is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. The price reflects the card's narrow application, and there's no trajectory that changes that.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.