Kaleidoscorch
Sorcery
Converge — Kaleidoscorch deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #27680
Kaleidoscorch deals damage equal to the number of colors among permanents you control — in a five-color deck that number climbs fast, and the spell can hit any target. The cost is that it does nothing without a diverse board, making it a dead card in mono- or two-color shells.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Kaleidoscorch: five-color commanders like Jodah, the Unifier or Niv-Mizzet Reborn routinely field permanents across all five colors, which translates to five or more damage for a single red mana. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially invisible — those formats have no interest in a damage spell that requires a wide, multicolor board to function. Modern has faster, more reliable burn that doesn't depend on what's in play. Kaleidoscorch is a Commander card wearing a Legacy-legal label.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Kaleidoscorch is deep bulk — a throw-in card that costs nothing to try. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely climb unless a breakout commander pushes them into staple territory, and nothing on the horizon suggests that's imminent.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.