First printed in Modern Horizons 2 (2021)

All 8 prints

Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #70, 2026
Special Guests (SPG) #71, 2024
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #63, 2024
Modern Horizons 2 Timeshifts (H2R) #13, 2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #182, 2024
Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #4, 2023
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #529, 2021 (digital)
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #145, 2021

Unholy Heat

Instant

Unholy Heat deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Delirium — Unholy Heat deals 6 damage instead if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

In the last 30 days 13.9% of Modern decks played it (23 of 166). Most played in Moonshadow. In the last 30 days 4.5% of Legacy decks played it (12 of 264). Most played in UR (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: main deck, 10% of decks (#70); sideboard, 4% of decks (#69)
Red, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Burn
Legacy staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#203); sideboard, 3% of decks (#71)
Red, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders 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

Modern Other periods →

In 23 of 166 decks (13.9%).

Share of decks

13.3%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

13 main, 5 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.0

in the main deck

Win rate

50%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Moonshadow	9.0%	80%
URG (unclassified)	6.0%	100%
RG (unclassified)	0.6%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Lightning Bolt	100%	3.8
Moonshadow	92%	8.3
Nethergoyf	92%	7.3
Dark Matter Manipulator	92%	6.2
Raucous Theater	92%	5.4
Blood Crypt	92%	4.5
Mishra's Bauble	92%	4.2
Bloodstained Mire	92%	3.5
Fatal Push	85%	3.8
Fear of Missing Out	77%	8.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
URG sedotwc in Modern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Moonshadow komattaman in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
URG Marlin583 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Moonshadow MarcoIa in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
URG R_Mac in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
URG Pablo Gonzalez Morales in IQ Arzúa - Piknitas Modern	3-2 60%
Moonshadow DragonFodder in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Moonshadow Giox96 in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
URG Marlin583, 28 Oct	4 side	#16 4-2
Moonshadow DragonFodder, 28 Oct	2 main	#27 3-3
Moonshadow jaximus5, 28 Oct	2 main	#30 1-4
Moonshadow HouseOfManaMTG, 28 Oct	2 main	#32 2-3
Moonshadow lilcreacher, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0
Moonshadow MarcoIa, 27 Oct	2 main	#9 4-2
URG R_Mac, 27 Oct	2 side	#16 4-2
Moonshadow Giox96, 27 Oct	2 main	#21 3-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 12 of 264 decks (4.5%).

Share of decks

2.9%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

3 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.3

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

0 top 8 (challenges only)