Burn spells
Damage that can point at a player as easily as a creature. The efficient ones win games on their own; the rest are removal that happens to close the last few points.
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| Card | Cost | Type | What it does | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightning Bolt | {R} | Instant | Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target. | $0.75 |
| 2 | Boros Charm | {R}{W} | Instant | Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. | — |
| 3 | Grapeshot | {1}{R} | Sorcery | Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.) | $0.37 |
| 4 | Prismari Command | {1}{U}{R} | Instant | Choose two — • Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target. • Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards. • Target player creates a Treasure token. • Destroy target artifact. | $0.32 |
| 5 | Electrodominance | {X}{R}{R} | Instant | Electrodominance deals X damage to any target. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost. | $0.56 |
| 6 | Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass | {X}{R}{R} | Sorcery // Land | Shatterskull Smashing: Shatterskull Smashing deals X damage divided as you choose among up to two target creatures and/or planeswalkers. If X is 6 or more, Shatterskull Smashing deals twice X damage divided as you choose among them inste… | $8.19 |
| 7 | Comet Storm | {X}{R}{R} | Instant | Multikicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them. | $4.22 |
| 8 | Fling | {1}{R} | Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target. | $0.30 |
| 9 | Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs | {2}{R} | Instant // Land | Kazuul's Fury: As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Kazuul's Fury deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target. // Kazuul's Cliffs: This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. | $0.87 |
| 10 | Shock | {R} | Instant | Shock deals 2 damage to any target. | $0.27 |
| 11 | Jaya's Immolating Inferno | {X}{R}{R} | Legendary Sorcery | (You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Jaya's Immolating Inferno deals X damage to each of up to three targets. | $2.06 |
| 12 | Gut Shot | {R/P} | Instant | ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) Gut Shot deals 1 damage to any target. | $4.19 |
| 13 | Lightning Strike | {1}{R} | Instant | Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target. | $0.26 |
| 14 | Worldsoul's Rage | {X}{R}{G} | Sorcery | Worldsoul's Rage deals X damage to any target. Put up to X land cards from your hand and/or graveyard onto the battlefield tapped. | $0.26 |
| 15 | Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave | {R} | Instant // Land | Spikefield Hazard: Spikefield Hazard deals 1 damage to any target. If a permanent dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead. // Spikefield Cave: This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. | $0.38 |
| 16 | Kolaghan's Command | {1}{B}{R} | Instant | Choose two — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Target player discards a card. • Destroy target artifact. • Kolaghan's Command deals 2 damage to any target. | $0.37 |
| 17 | Lightning Helix | {R}{W} | Instant | Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life. | $0.32 |
| 18 | Flick a Coin | {2}{R} | Instant | Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Draw a card. | $0.33 |
| 19 | Expansion // Explosion | {U/R}{U/R} // {X}{U}{U}{R}{R} | Instant // Instant | Expansion: Copy target instant or sorcery spell with mana value 4 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy. // Explosion: Explosion deals X damage to any target. Target player draws X cards. | $0.29 |
| 20 | Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze | {3}{R}{R} // {1}{R} | Enchantment // Instant — Adventure | Virtue of Courage: Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage to an opponent, you may exile that many cards from the top of your library. You may play those cards this turn. // Embereth Blaze: Embereth Blaze deals 2 damage to a… | $3.64 |
| 21 | Bottle-Cap Blast | {4}{R} | Instant | Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Bottle-Cap Blast deals 5 damage to any target. If excess damage was dealt to a permanent this way, creat… | $4.88 |
| 22 | Banefire | {X}{R} | Sorcery | Banefire deals X damage to any target. If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented. | $0.84 |
| 23 | Cathartic Pyre | {1}{R} | Instant | Choose one — • Cathartic Pyre deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. • Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards. | $0.28 |
| 24 | Fireball | {X}{R} | Sorcery | This spell costs {1} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets. | $0.30 |
| 25 | Electrickery | {R} | Instant | Electrickery deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control. Overload {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.") | $0.31 |
| 26 | Goblin War Strike | {R} | Sorcery | Goblin War Strike deals damage to target player or planeswalker equal to the number of Goblins you control. | $3.78 |
| 27 | Galvanic Blast | {R} | Instant | Galvanic Blast deals 2 damage to any target. Metalcraft — Galvanic Blast deals 4 damage instead if you control three or more artifacts. | $2.61 |
| 28 | Magma Opus | {6}{U}{R} | Instant | Magma Opus deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets. Tap two target permanents. Create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token. Draw two cards. {U/R}{U/R}, Discard this card: Create a Treasure token. | $0.26 |
| 29 | Honden of Infinite Rage | {2}{R} | Legendary Enchantment — Shrine | At the beginning of your upkeep, Honden of Infinite Rage deals damage to any target equal to the number of Shrines you control. | $1.71 |
| 30 | Burst Lightning | {R} | Instant | Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead. | $0.18 |
30 of 2227 cards the search scored for "burn spells that deal damage to any target". Ordered by how much each card is played, among the cards that matched. Prices and legality come from Scryfall; the list was last refreshed on 2026-09-23.
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