Exploding Borders

Name
Exploding Borders

Mana Cost

Type
Sorcery

Set
Conflux

Rarity
Common

Text

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.


Flavor Text

Reuniting a world is not a gentle process.


Number
#106

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pauper | Pauper Commander | Penny | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(01/02/2009)
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.


(01/02/2009)
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.


(01/02/2009)
Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don't put a land card onto the battlefield.


(18/06/2021)
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.


(18/06/2021)
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.


Artist
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

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