Explosive Shot
Sorcery
Explosive Shot deals 4 damage to target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19672
Explosive Shot deals 4 damage to a creature and 4 to its controller for six mana — the damage split is real, but six mana for a conditional burn spell is a steep ask in any powered environment. It's a bulk rare for a reason: you can almost always find a cheaper removal spell that doesn't require your opponent to have a creature in play.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Explosive Shot is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, six mana to kill one creature and ping one player is too slow and too narrow — you're better off with a cheaper instant that hits any target or doubles as a board wipe. Pauper is the most charitable home, where the reach on the player matters more and finishers are scarce, but even there it struggles to make cuts. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient interaction, so Explosive Shot never gets off the bench.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Explosive Shot is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what demand for it looks like. It's stable there because it won't drop further, not because it holds any upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.