To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
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.
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.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — 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.
This card belongs to *Secret Lair Drop* (released May 2026).
Card #2426 in Secret Lair Drop.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: red. Mana cost: {R} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Overload.
Legal in Tlr, Duel, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage.
EDHrec ranks this card #101 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Anna Pavleeva.
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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.
