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Explosive Singularity

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may tap any number of untapped creatures you control. This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature tapped this way.
Explosive Singularity deals 10 damage to any target.

CMC
10
Mana cost
{8}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Price
$0.54
EDHREC rank
#10067
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Explosive Singularity card art
Explosive Singularity deals 10 damage to any target for ten mana — backbreaking on board, brutal to cast fairly. The cost drops by one for each creature you control, which is why Ovika, Enigma Goliath and Imodane, the Pyrohammer treat it as a finisher rather than a novelty.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Ovika, Enigma Goliath

27.4% of decks · synergy 0.26

Ovika, Enigma Goliath generates a Phyrexian token for every non-creature spell you cast, so by the time you're ready to fire off Explosive Singularity, your board is wide enough to cast it for next to nothing — often for free — and still dome a player for 10.

02
Lorehold, the Historian

Lorehold, the Historian

15.5% of decks · synergy 0.15

Lorehold, the Historian reanimates and replays instants and sorceries from the graveyard, giving Explosive Singularity a second life at a discount after the first activation clears a blocker or drops a player.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Explosive Singularity actually lives — the format's wide boards make the creature-cost reduction real, and 10 damage to a player or planeswalker is often a kill shot at any point in a game. In Modern and Pioneer it's a novelty at best: paying seven or more mana at sorcery speed to deal 10 is too slow against proactive strategies that kill on turns 3–4, and creature-go-wide decks that could enable the discount already have better payoffs. Legacy and Vintage have the raw speed to cheat costs but also have far more efficient finishers, so Explosive Singularity doesn't compete there either.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.54 bulk tier

At $0.54, Explosive Singularity sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if the commander calls for it. Bulk rares with narrow homes tend to stay flat, so there's no urgency to stockpile copies, but there's also no reason to trade one away for a dime.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.