Pyroblast
World Championship Decks 1998 bs213sb • common
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1998
- Collector number
- bs213sb
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Kaja Foglio
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
"Just the thing for those pesky water mages."— Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
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 as a reactive answer to the dominance of blue magic in the early Magic: The Gathering competitive scene. The card was designed to allow red decks a specific, powerful way to counter or destroy blue spells and permanents, reflecting the color pie philosophy of the time where red was defined by chaotic, direct confrontation against its opposing color.
The 1998 World Championship Decks provided a unique snapshot of the competitive meta-game by reproducing the exact 75-card decklists used by finalists in the world tournament. The version found in this set features a distinct gold-bordered card back and the signature of the player who utilized it in the tournament, distinguishing these prints from standard tournament-legal cards while preserving the strategic utility that made Pyroblast a staple in sideboards across the globe.
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