Sonic Seizure
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card at random.
Sonic Seizure deals 3 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #29117
Sonic Seizure deals 3 damage to any target for one red mana — instant speed, no conditions — at the cost of discarding a card. That discard makes it a strict downgrade from Lightning Bolt in most contexts, and Bolt isn't even legal in Commander, so Sonic Seizure fills a narrow role only where graveyard or madness synergies make the discard a feature rather than a tax.
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 |
In Commander, Sonic Seizure is a fringe inclusion — 3 damage rarely kills a creature in a format where everything has four toughness minimum, and the discard cost is only worth paying if your deck actively wants cards in the graveyard or runs a madness package. Pauper is where it sees the most legitimate consideration, since the card pool is constrained and madness or reanimator shells can recoup the discard; even there, it competes hard with costless or cantrip-stapled burn. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — the bar for one-mana interaction is set by cards that don't cost you a card in hand. Sonic Seizure is a commons-bin role-player, not a format staple in any context.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Sonic Seizure is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a commons box, not a singles list. That price is stable because demand is narrow; nothing about its power level suggests upward movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.