Red Elemental Blast
30th Anniversary Edition 165 • common
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Collector number
- 165
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Richard Thomas
- Market price
- $14.05
What it does
Choose one —
• Counter target blue spell.
• Destroy target blue permanent.
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
Red Elemental Blast was originally printed in the Alpha set in 1993, serving as a foundational blue-hate card that established the color pie's adversarial nature. It was designed by Richard Garfield to provide red decks with a specific, powerful answer to counterspells and blue permanents, quickly becoming a staple in early competitive Magic: The Gathering history due to its low mana cost and versatility.
The 30th Anniversary Edition version, featuring the original 1993 art by Christopher Rush, was released in late 2022 to commemorate three decades of the game. Designed as a non-tournament legal collector’s item, the set utilized a gold-bordered back to distinguish these reproductions from the original vintage cards, sparking extensive debate within the community regarding the balance between archival preservation and the scarcity of early iconic game pieces.
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