Burning Hands

Burning Hands

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{R}

How we read this card

Burning Hands deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that permanent is green, Burning Hands deals 6 damage instead.

on-cast — deals 2 damage

on-cast — deals 6 damage

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage, a permanent deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a permanent is dealt damage — 17 cards in the game can cause this (Burning Hands is one).

  1. Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger — When a creature or planeswalker is dealt damage thanks to Burning Hands, Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger deals that much damage

a planeswalker deals noncombat damage — 357 cards in the game can cause this (Burning Hands is one).

  1. Tamanoa — When Burning Hands deals noncombat damage, Tamanoa gains you that much life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Burning Hands 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. Dragonborn Champion — draws you 1 card
  6. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  7. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  8. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  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.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Burning Hands is one).

When Burning Hands is cast:

  1. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  2. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  3. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  4. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  5. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  6. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  7. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  8. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

427 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 (Burning Hands is one).

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Burning Hands:

  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

18 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 (Burning Hands is one).

When Burning Hands 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.