First printed in Visions (1997)

All 13 prints

The List (PLST) #VIS-79, 2024
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #119, 2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #319, 2023
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #43598, 2017 (digital)
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #31401, 2017 (digital)
Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra (JVC) #55, 2014
Vintage Masters (VMA) #159, 2014 (digital)
Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning (PD2) #26, 2010
Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #B15, 2010 (digital)
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra (DD2) #55, 2008
Friday Night Magic 2001 (F01) #12, 2001
World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #br79, 1998
Visions (VIS) #79, 1997

Fireblast

Instant

You may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Fireblast deals 4 damage to any target.

In the last 30 days 18.9% of Pauper decks played it (18 of 95). Most played in Grixis Madness. In the last 30 days 7.3% of Premodern decks played it (3 of 41). Most played in Mono-Red (unclassified).

Staple

Pauper staples: main deck, 19% of decks (#11)
Red, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Burn
Premodern staples: main deck, 7% of decks (#85)
Red, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Banned
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pauper Other periods →

In 18 of 95 decks (18.9%).

Share of decks

18.9%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

18 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.1

in the main deck

Win rate

45%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Grixis Madness	16.8%	94%
Gruul Rally	4.2%	50%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	2.1%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Lightning Bolt	100%	3.2
Voldaren Epicure	94%	4.1
Highway Robbery	89%	5.0
Guttersnipe	83%	5.3
Lava Dart	83%	5.3
Grab the Prize	83%	4.7
Fiery Temper	83%	4.7
Faithless Looting	83%	4.2
Sneaky Snacker	83%	3.4
Kessig Flamebreather	50%	5.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Grixis Madness ziofrancone in Pauper Challenge 16	5-2 71%
Gruul Rally SaculSueahtam in Pauper Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Grixis Madness jessy_samek in Pauper Challenge 32	4-3 57%
Grixis Madness Dustin_Comite in Pauper Challenge 32	4-3 57%
Gruul Rally SaculSueahtam in Pauper Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Grixis Madness ZeNonato in Pauper Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Grixis Madness _Shikamaru_ in Pauper Challenge 32	2-3 40%
Grixis Madness Quetzoatlar in Pauper Challenge 16	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Grixis Madness jessy_samek, 28 Oct	4 main	#6 4-3
Grixis Madness Dustin_Comite, 28 Oct	3 main	#7 4-3
Gruul Rally SaculSueahtam, 28 Oct	1 main	#16 3-3
Grixis Madness hyuma, 28 Oct	3 main	#26 2-4
Grixis Madness iamyep, 28 Oct	3 main	#28 2-4
Grixis Madness _Shikamaru_, 28 Oct	4 main	#29 2-3
Mono-Red GiuxGobbo, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0
Grixis Madness Mikhathara1994, 28 Oct	3 main	5-0

Premodern Other periods →

In 3 of 41 decks (7.3%).