Searing Blood
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.24 € · ★ 4.84 € · 0.25 $ · ★ 5.18 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Searing Blood deals 2 damage to target creature. When that creature dies this turn, Searing Blood deals 3 damage to the creature's controller.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-02-07
Flavour text
Purphoros's blessing: sometimes a boon, sometimes a bane. Always ablaze.
Rulings
If the target creature dies that turn, Searing Blood will deal 3 damage to whoever controls the creature when it dies, who isn't necessarily the player who controlled it when Searing Blood resolved. It doesn't matter what causes the creature to die.