Searing Blaze
Instant
Searing Blaze deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and 1 damage to target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.
Landfall — If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, Searing Blaze deals 3 damage to that player or planeswalker and 3 damage to that creature instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16739
Searing Blaze deals 1 to a player and 1 to a creature for two mana at instant speed — underwhelming on its face, but the landfall trigger doubles both to 3, turning it into a clean two-for-one removal spell that also pings the opponent. Run it in red decks that can guarantee a land drop on demand; otherwise, it's too conditional to justify the slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Modern and Legacy, Searing Blaze is a sideboard staple in aggressive red decks that fetch lands, where triggering landfall is trivially easy and the 3-damage mode cleanly answers early creatures while advancing the burn-to-the-face plan. Pauper gives it a strong home for the same reason — it's one of the most efficient pieces of reach and removal available at common. Commander is where it gets awkward: you're at the mercy of your land drop for the turn, the 3-damage ceiling often falls short of killing commanders with 4+ toughness, and targeting a single creature rarely generates enough board impact at a 100-card, four-player table to justify the slot over unconditional removal.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data isn't currently available for Searing Blaze, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its pauper staple status and multiple printings, it has historically been an inexpensive pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.