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◇ Catalog #165

Searing Rays

inv·#165·uncommon·foil

Illus. Doug Chaffee

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Oct '00

26 yr ago

Value

$3.18+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.29 · low $3.00

NM$3.18

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.94–$3.36modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.94low $0.01range 39300.0%n 465

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,598 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$3.18

Nonfoil$0.19

Gameplay

Sorcery

Choose a color. Searing Rays deals damage to each player equal to the number of creatures of that color that player controls.

"This is a battle of pawns, for the highest stakes imaginable." —Urza

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

You choose the color on resolution. Your opponent does not get to respond between the color choice and the damage happening. They need to use any damage prevention they want before you choose a color.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.18. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $3.94 across 465 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from INV — 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 #165 of *Invasion*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2000 Invasion release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,598 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Doug Chaffee. Rarix catalogs 142 other cards credited to this artist.