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> Foreboding Blast deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to each creature your opponent controls. {1}{R}. That's crazy powerful for 2 mana!
by maxverse 4y ago
> Foreboding Blast deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to each creature your opponent controls. {1}{R}.
That's crazy powerful for 2 mana!
- TimPC 4y agoIt’s like a one-sided pyroclasm on steroids. And pyroclasm was a playable card.
- TimPC 4y agoAlso you found an error. “Your opponent” is not valid in the language of M:TG it needs to be “target opponent” because “your opponent” is not well defined outside of two-player games.
- latexr 4y agoThere are examples of MTG cards referring to a single opponent in old editions[1], digital editions[2], and Un-sets[3]. [1]: https://scryfall.com/card/leg/6/clergy-of-the-holy-nimbus https://scryfall.com/card/leg/6/clergy-of-the-holy-nimbus [2]: https://scryfall.com/card/ymid/14/clone-crafter https://scryfall.com/card/ymid/14/clone-crafter [3]: https://scryfall.com/card/ugl/62/gus https://scryfall.com/card/ugl/62/gus
- Izkata 4y agoI swear I also remember some burn spells that target a creature and then also deal damage to that creature's controller. I'd guess the wording came from trying to combine that with something else.
- TheDauthi 4y agoYep, Chandra's Outrage, for example. "Chandra's Outrage deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller."
- wyldfire 4y agoSure: that's why we have the oracle text.
- hutzlibu 4y agoBut in this context it seems that this applies to all the other creatures of the player(owner) of the target crearure.