MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #187

Solar Blast

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#187·common·foil

Illus. Greg Staples

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,435 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.05

Nonfoil$0.05

Gameplay

Instant

Solar Blast deals 3 damage to any target. Cycling {1}{R}{R} ({1}{R}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may have it deal 1 damage to any target.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2022-12-08wotc

When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.

2022-12-08wotc

The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability doesn't resolve (because, for example, it has been countered, or all of its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve and you'll draw a card.

2022-12-08wotc

You can cycle this card even if there are no legal targets for the triggered ability.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — 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 #187 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{R} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Cycling.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #23,435 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Greg Staples. Rarix catalogs 1,289 other cards credited to this artist.