Barrage of Boulders
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The ListPLST · #KTK-100
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.31 € · 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Barrage of Boulders deals 1 damage to each creature you don't control. Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, creatures can't block this turn.
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
- Zoltan Boros
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-26
Flavour text
Crude tactics can be effective nonetheless.
Rulings
Barrage of Boulders deals damage only to creatures you don’t control as it resolves. However, the ferocious ability affects all creatures, including ones you control and ones that weren’t on the battlefield as Barrage of Boulders resolved.
Ferocious abilities of instants and sorceries that don’t use the word “instead” will provide an additional effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve.
Some ferocious abilities that appear on instants and sorceries use the word “instead.” These spells have an upgraded effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve. For these, you only get the upgraded effect, not both effects.
