Spontaneous Combustion
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ConspiracyCNS · #194
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · ★ 0.32 € · 0.08 $ · ★ 0.46 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black Red
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Spontaneous Combustion deals 3 damage to each creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Jason Rainville
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-06-06
Flavour text
"Heat of battle" is usually a metaphor.
Rulings
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
