Name
Atomize

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Fallout

Rarity
Rare

Text

Destroy target nonland permanent. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)


Flavor Text

Plasma rifles—separating soft tissues from hard ones since 2077.


Number
#622

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(08/03/2024)
You don’t have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter—only the ones you want to add counters to. Since “any number” includes zero, you don’t have to choose any permanents at all, and you don’t have to choose any players at all.


(08/03/2024)
Some spells and abilities that cause you to proliferate may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won’t resolve. You won’t proliferate.


(08/03/2024)
You can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can’t choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.


(08/03/2024)
Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it’s too late for anyone to respond.


(08/03/2024)
If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can’t have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.


Artist
Josu Solano

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