Exploding Borders
Sorcery
Mana cost: {2}{R}{G}
How we read this card
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Exploding Borders deals X damage to target player or planeswalker, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
on-cast — searches a library
- makes search land
on-cast —
on-cast —
- makes shuffle a library
on-cast — deals damage
Causes: search land , put a land onto the battlefield, shuffle a library, anything deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a planeswalker deals noncombat damage — 357 cards in the game can cause this (Exploding Borders is one).
- Tamanoa — When Exploding Borders deals noncombat damage, Tamanoa gains you that much life
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this (Exploding Borders is one).
When a land enters thanks to Exploding Borders:
- Primeval Bounty — gains you 3 life
- Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
- Dancing from Dark to Dawn — makes a token
- Emeria Shepherd — brings a card back
- Quest for the Necropolis — puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul Stair Expedition — puts a quest counter on itself
- Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — puts counters on a permanent
- Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — makes a token
- Silvan Reveler — returns itself from the graveyard
- Floral Evoker — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
199 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Exploding Borders is one).
When Exploding Borders deals noncombat damage:
- Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
- Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
- Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
- Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
- Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
- Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
- Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
- Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library
37 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Exploding Borders is one).
When Exploding Borders makes a player lose life:
- Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
- Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
- Aether Syphon — raises your speed
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
- Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
- Slick Imitator — raises your speed
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
- Lich's Mastery — triggers
46 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 (Exploding Borders is one).
When Exploding Borders is cast:
- Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
- Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
- Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
- Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
- Artist's Talent — draws and discards
427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.