Sonic Assault
Guilds of Ravnica 199 • common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Collector number
- 199
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Tyler Walpole
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Tap target creature. Sonic Assault deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
He heard stars and saw thunder.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sonic Assault was released in October 2018 as part of the Guilds of Ravnica expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to support the Izzet League's core gameplay mechanic, Jump-start, which allows players to cast spells from their graveyard by discarding a card. Set within the iconic city-plane of Ravnica, this instant spell mechanically reflects the chaotic, high-energy ingenuity characteristic of the Izzet guild's aesthetic of impulsive, electrifying invention.
The artwork was created by illustrator Tyler Walpole, who utilized a vibrant palette of blues and magentas to capture the kinetic force of a localized magical storm. Walpole’s design emphasizes the raw, unstable energy discharge central to the spell's thematic identity, moving away from the more structured, mechanical imagery sometimes found in the set to focus on pure elemental release. The card was received as a functional, illustrative example of common-rarity utility within the Limited environment of the set, praised for its cohesive synergy with the Izzet drafting archetype.
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