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Scorched Earth
Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X land cards.
Destroy X target lands.
Card Details
Mana CostSet
Character Background
Scorched Earth is a brutally efficient piece of resource denial that fits best in land-destruction or mana-denial strategies, especially red-based control or combo shells that can exploit asymmetry better than the opponent. At face value, its cost is steep: you must discard X land cards to destroy X target lands, so it asks you to convert excess lands into immediate pressure on an opposing mana base. That makes it strongest when you can turn dead draws into a plan, such as with recursive land retrieval, discard payoffs, or strategies that naturally flood the hand. In game terms, it can punish greedy mana bases, delay multicolor decks, or clear the way for a finisher once you’ve locked an opponent off key colors. A useful deckbuilding tip is to pair it with cards that recur lands from the graveyard or reward land discard, so Scorched Earth becomes a repeatable tempo swing rather than a one-shot setback.
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Character Background
Scorched Earth is a brutally efficient piece of resource denial that fits best in land-destruction or mana-denial strategies, especially red-based control or combo shells that can exploit asymmetry better than the opponent. At face value, its cost is steep: you must discard X land cards to destroy X target lands, so it asks you to convert excess lands into immediate pressure on an opposing mana base. That makes it strongest when you can turn dead draws into a plan, such as with recursive land retrieval, discard payoffs, or strategies that naturally flood the hand. In game terms, it can punish greedy mana bases, delay multicolor decks, or clear the way for a finisher once you’ve locked an opponent off key colors. A useful deckbuilding tip is to pair it with cards that recur lands from the graveyard or reward land discard, so Scorched Earth becomes a repeatable tempo swing rather than a one-shot setback.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 16:10:44 UTC