If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
Counterflux
If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.48. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.44 and $0.56 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C15 — 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 #214 of *Commander 2015*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2015 Commander 2015 release.
Card type: Instant, color identity red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U}{U}{R} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Overload.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #5,530 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Rarix catalogs 616 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Scott M. Fischer
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