Searing Blaze

Type line

Instant

Oracle text

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.

Rulings

• If either target is illegal by the time Searing Blaze resolves, it still deals damage to the other target.2010-03-01
• You must choose two targets as you cast Searing Blaze: a player and a creature that player controls. If you can't (because there are no creatures on the battlefield, perhaps), then you can't cast the spell.2010-03-01
• Once the spell resolves, having a land enter under your control provides no further benefit.2024-11-08
• Having more than one land enter the battlefield under your control this turn provides no additional benefit.2024-11-08
• Whether you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn is checked as this spell resolves, not as you cast it.2024-11-08
• The landfall ability checks for an action that has happened in the past. It doesn't matter if a land that entered the battlefield under your control previously in the turn is still on the battlefield, is still under your control, or is still a land.2024-11-08
• The effect of this spell's landfall ability replaces its normal effect. If you had a land enter under your control this turn, only the landfall-based effect happens.2024-11-08

Market price

$0.96