Blockbuster
Enchantment
, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 3 damage to each tapped creature and each player.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29271
Blockbuster taps all creatures target player controls and deals 1 damage to each of them — three mana for a pseudo-board wipe that punches through indestructible by clearing the way for combat. It's a niche spell, but in the right token-heavy or damage-synergy shell it does real work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blockbuster is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play outside of Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the effect is too slow and too narrow against the threats that matter. Commander is where Blockbuster finds its audience — specifically in red decks that want to force through an alpha strike by tapping down blockers, or in damage-doubler shells where that 1 damage to each creature becomes 2 or more and starts clearing the board meaningfully.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Blockbuster is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any bulk bin or grab a playset online for under a dollar. Bulk mythics and rares hold value; bulk uncommons and commons at this price point don't move, so there's no financial reason to hesitate picking one up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.