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Heated Debate
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Strixhaven: School of MagesSTX · #106
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.05 € · ★ 0.08 € · 0.15 $ · ★ 0.17 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Red
Card text
This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.) Heated Debate deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Bayard Wu
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-04-23
Flavour text
"While you were wasting time with abstract equations, I mastered ancient Oggyar fire magic. Your move."
Rulings
If Heated Debate’s target is illegal (perhaps because it gained protection from red in response) when it tries to resolve, it will be removed from the stack and no damage will be dealt.