Exploding Borders

Exploding Borders2RG
SorceryCON · C

Domain — 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.

Conflux · Common
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Legality

9 formats
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
PremodernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
cEDHLegal

B/R history

Never banned or restricted in any format Moxou tracks.

Rulings

5
  1. 2009-02-01

    Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don't put a land card onto the battlefield.

  2. 2009-02-01

    Exploding Borders has only one target: the player. If that player becomes an illegal target by the time Exploding Borders would resolve, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You won't get to search for a basic land card.

  3. 2009-02-01

    You do what the spell says in order, so you'll put a new basic land card onto the battlefield before you determine the value of X.

  4. 2021-06-18

    The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. Land types other than basic land types (such as Desert) don't contribute to domain abilities.

  5. 2021-06-18

    Domain abilities count the number of basic land types among lands you control, not how many lands you control or how many of any type.

Versions

1
SetNo.YearRarityArtist
CONConflux1062009CommonZoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai