Burning Curiosity

Burning Curiosity2R
SorceryECL · C

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may blight 1. (You may put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)

Exile the top two cards of your library. If this spell's additional cost was paid, exile the top three cards instead. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Lorwyn Eclipsed · Common
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Legality

9 formats
StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
PremodernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
cEDHLegal

B/R history

Never banned or restricted in any format Moxou tracks.

Rulings

7
  1. 2025-11-17

    All of the -1/-1 counters must be put on a single creature. You can't choose to split them up between multiple creatures.

  2. 2025-11-17

    If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. For example, if a creature has three +1/+1 counters on it and two -1/-1 counters are put on it, state-based actions will remove two of each of those kinds of counters, leaving the creature with just one +1/+1 counter.

  3. 2025-11-17

    If a creature that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, effects that refer to the counters on that creature when it died will see all of those +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters.

  4. 2025-11-17

    If you can't place -1/-1 counters on any creatures you control (probably because you control no creatures), you can't choose to blight.

  5. 2025-11-17

    Once you've announced that you're casting a spell or activating an ability, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to destroy or otherwise remove your creatures to stop you from blighting as part of paying the cost of that spell or ability.

  6. 2025-11-17

    The creature you choose to put -1/-1 counters on doesn't have to have enough toughness to survive the process. For example, if you blight 2, you can choose to put the counters on a 1/1 creature you control.

  7. 2025-11-17

    You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played this way. For example, if an exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

Versions

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SetNo.YearRarityArtist
ECLLorwyn Eclipsed1292026CommonJim Pavelec

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