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Bituminous Blast
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Full Art 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 #36857 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the January 2013 Magic Online 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 Aleksi Briclot. Rarix catalogs 479 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Aleksi Briclot
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