Scorch the Fields
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Dark AscensionDKA · #103
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.02 € · ★ 0.19 € · 0.06 $ · ★ 0.20 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Destroy target land. Scorch the Fields deals 1 damage to each Human creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Jaime Jones
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-02-03
Flavour text
"Your fields will turn as black as a ghoul's tongue and fire shall be your only harvest." —Minaldra, the Vizag Atum
Rulings
If the targeted land is an illegal target when Scorch the Fields tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No damage will be dealt to any Human.
Scorch the Fields doesn’t target any Humans. You can cast Scorch the Fields even if there aren’t any Humans on the battlefield.