MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #147

Pyrokinesis

DIGITAL ONLY

me2·#147·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Ron Spencer

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '08

18 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,458 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$16

Nonfoil$16

Gameplay

Instant

You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Pyrokinesis deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

"Anybody want some . . . toast?" —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2016-06-08wotc

If another effect causes Pyrokinesis to cost more, you must pay that additional cost even if you pay its alternative cost.

2016-06-08wotc

Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage.

2016-06-08wotc

You divide the damage as you cast Pyrokinesis, not as it resolves. If any of the targets become illegal, damage is dealt to the other targets as originally assigned. If all targets are illegal, Pyrokinesis doesn’t resolve.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME2 — 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 #147 of *Masters Edition II*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2008 Masters Edition II release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{R}{R} (6 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Brawl. Banned in Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,458 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ron Spencer. Rarix catalogs 790 other cards credited to this artist.