Searing Rays
Sorcery
Choose a color. Searing Rays deals damage to each player equal to the number of creatures of that color that player controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #26537
Searing Rays deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of creatures you control of a chosen color — in a token-heavy red or white Commander deck, that number gets large fast. The floor is negligible, but the ceiling is a table-wide Lightning Bolt stapled to a single mana.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Searing Rays is a Commander card through and through — three opponents multiplies the payoff, and token strategies are common enough that the damage clause triggers for real numbers. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but effectively unplayed; those formats have no interest in a conditional sorcery that requires a board state to function. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it earns a look, specifically in aggressive red or white token builds where the game ends faster and the creature count is reliably high.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Searing Rays is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It holds that floor comfortably; there's no version of this card spiking.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.