For some cards, surge represents only an alternative cost, a discount that applies if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn. Other cards, like Reckless Bushwhacker, have additional abilities or effects if you paid the surge cost to cast the spell.
If an instant or sorcery spell cast for its surge cost is copied, the copy is also considered to have had its surge cost paid.
Casting a spell for its surge cost doesn’t change its mana cost or its mana value.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — 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 #125 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {4}{R} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Surge.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #25,529 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Vincent Proce. Rarix catalogs 537 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Vincent Proce
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The other spell that you or a teammate cast can be one that’s resolved, one that was countered, or (for instants with surge) one that’s still on the stack.
