MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #200

Scorched Earth

tmp·#200·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Nicola Leonard

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$1.57+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.59 · low $0.54

NM$0.57

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.53–$0.60modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.79low $0.45range 75.6%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,362 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.57

Gameplay

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X land cards. Destroy X target lands.

"Fire cleanses as well as destroys; that is the nature of change." —Oracle *en*-Vec

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

X can be zero to destroy no lands.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.57. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.45 and $0.79 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TMP — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #200 of *Tempest*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1997 Tempest release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{R} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,362 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Nicola Leonard. Rarix catalogs 48 other cards credited to this artist.