Pyroblast
Mystery Booster 2 198 • common
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 198
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Joseph Meehan
- Market price
- $9.01
What it does
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Pyroblast was originally introduced in the 1993 Ice Age expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed as a direct counter-measure to the powerful blue spells that dominated the early competitive landscape. Its mechanics reflect the color pie philosophy of the game, specifically targeting blue cards to enforce the vulnerability of control-heavy strategies. The design by Christopher Rush, an iconic illustrator for the game, utilizes a bold, visceral visual style to convey the raw destructive power of red mana.
This specific iteration appears in the Mystery Booster 2 set, a curated collection released by Wizards of the Coast to celebrate the history of the game through reprints. Featuring a frame that evokes the classic aesthetic of early 1990s trading cards, this version serves as a nod to the game's origins while maintaining the card's enduring utility in eternal formats like Legacy and Commander, where interaction with blue-based deck archetypes remains a fundamental necessity.
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