Searing Rays
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.17 € · ★ 1.62 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 2.57 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Choose a color. Searing Rays deals damage to each player equal to the number of creatures of that color that player controls.
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
- Doug Chaffee
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2000-10-02
Flavour text
"This is a battle of pawns, for the highest stakes imaginable." —Urza
Rulings
You choose the color on resolution. Your opponent does not get to respond between the color choice and the damage happening. They need to use any damage prevention they want before you choose a color.