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◇ Catalog #273

Spontaneous Combustion

tmp·#273·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Doug Chaffee

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.20+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.21 · low $0.19

NM$0.20

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.18–$0.21modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.35low $0.12range 191.7%n 269

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,348 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.20

Gameplay

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Spontaneous Combustion deals 3 damage to each creature.

"Heat of battle" is usually a metaphor.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2013-04-15wotc

You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

2013-04-15wotc

Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.20. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.12 and $0.35 across 269 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TMP — 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 #273 of *Tempest*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1997 Tempest release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black/red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B}{R} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #23,348 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.