Beacon Bolt

Beacon Bolt

Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{U}{R}

How we read this card

Beacon Bolt deals damage to target creature equal to the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard.

on-cast — deals the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard damage

on-cast —

Jump-start

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, exile a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Beacon Bolt is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Beacon Bolt is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Beacon Bolt is one).

When Beacon Bolt deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Beacon Bolt is one).

When Beacon Bolt is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  3. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  4. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Beacon Bolt is one).

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Beacon Bolt:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Shriveling Rot — kills it
  3. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  4. Hot Soup — kills a creature
  5. Cracked Skull — kills a creature
  6. Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
  7. Frozen Solid — kills a creature
  8. Mortal Wound — kills a creature
  9. Mire Blight — kills it
  10. Death Pits of Rath — kills it

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Beacon Bolt is one).

When Beacon Bolt is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.