Erode

Secrets of Strixhaven #15

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {W}

Card text: Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Rarity: rare

Artist: Florian Herold

""Our lives are built upon our pasts. What happens, then, if we are cut off from them?" —Augusta, dean of order"

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$5.55 USD · $6.14 USD (Foil) · €7.33 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Erode in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth

Creature — Bear Wizard // Sorcery

Studious First-Year provides ramp to match the land Erode gives your opponent, keeping you even or ahead on mana development.

uncommon

Environmental Scientist

Creature — Human Druid

Erode can destroy opposing threats while ramping your opponent, but Environmental Scientist ensures you also get land advantage to stay ahead.

Zimone's Experiment

Sorcery

Zimone's Experiment puts multiple lands into play, helping you leverage the mana advantage better than your opponent after using Erode.

Strixhaven Skycoach

Artifact — Vehicle

Strixhaven Skycoach searches for basic lands, helping you maintain land advantage when using Erode to remove threats.

rare

Planar Engineering

Sorcery

Planar Engineering provides massive ramp advantage, allowing you to use Erode freely since you'll be far ahead on lands anyway.

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