Explosive Impact
Instant
Explosive Impact deals 5 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25235
Explosive Impact deals 4 damage to any target and draws a card for five mana — a clean two-for-one stapled onto a burn spell. The cost is the problem: five mana for 4 damage is well below rate in every format, and better options exist at nearly every point on the curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Explosive Impact is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but clearance isn't a recommendation. In Commander, the card-draw rider softens the blow, but five mana for 4 damage doesn't threaten players at 40 life and gets outclassed by cheaper, more impactful instants. Pauper is the one format where commons compete on tighter margins, but even there Explosive Impact struggles to justify the cost when burn spells like Lightning Bolt exist at common. Across competitive formats, this card simply doesn't show up.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Explosive Impact is deep bulk — you'll find it in a bargain bin before you'd ever order it. The price reflects demand accurately: there's no competitive or casual shell propping it up, so don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.