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◇ Catalog #34

Bituminous Blast

arb·#34·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Raymond Swanland

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '09

17 yr ago

Value

$0.14+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.14 · low $0.13

NM$0.14

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.13–$0.15modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.16low $0.03range 433.3%n 44

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,266 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.57

Nonfoil$0.14

Gameplay

Instant

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.) Bituminous Blast deals 4 damage to target creature.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 9

2021-06-18wotc

If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.

2021-06-18wotc

A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.

2021-06-18wotc

The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If cascade allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half but not both halves.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.14. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.16 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ARB — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #34 of *Alara Reborn*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2009 Alara Reborn release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black/red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{B}{R} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Cascade.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,266 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Raymond Swanland. Rarix catalogs 886 other cards credited to this artist.