Spark Spray
Instant
Spark Spray deals 1 damage to any target.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #16912
Spark Spray deals 1 damage to any target and cycles for one red mana — the cycling is the entire reason it exists. As a damage spell it's unplayable; as a cheap, repeatable storm-count piece or cycling-matters trigger, it earns its slot.
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 |
Spark Spray sees essentially zero competitive play in Legacy or Vintage despite being legal — one damage scales too poorly when the format demands efficiency. Pauper is where it occasionally surfaces, slotting into cycling-matters shells that want cheap, redundant triggers. In Commander, Spark Spray is a narrow inclusion: it belongs only in dedicated cycling decks like Brallin, Skyshark Rider or Ezzaroot Channeler builds that care about each individual cycling trigger, not in general red decks that just want removal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Spark Spray is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common box for less than the shipping cost to order it individually. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a cycling commander breaks out in a significant way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.