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Sarkhan's Catharsis
Similar red instants:

  • Lava Axe (deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker, but is a sorcery)
  • Tectonic Rift (not direct damage, but red instant wraths are rare) Closest red instant alternatives:
  • Lightning Strike (deals 3 damage to any target)
  • Skewer the Critics (3 damage under specific cost)
  • Burst Lightning (2 or 4 with kicker)

No other red instant matches 5 damage to player/planeswalker. Sarkhan's Catharsis is unique at instant speed.

Found Cards

6 Results

Burst Lightning

Lava Axe

Lightning Strike

Sarkhan's Catharsis

Skewer the Critics

Tectonic Rift

Burst Lightning #8 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Kicker

    Rules

  • If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  • If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
  • If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
  • If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  • The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  • To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Manapool 8.29 USD
    Cardkingdom 12.99 USD
    Cardmarket 4.86 EUR / 2.37 EUR
    Tcgplayer 12.03 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.

    Lava Axe #111 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Tcgplayer 0.11 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.1 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Lava Axe deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.

    Lightning Strike #146 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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    • Prices

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    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD / 0.25 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.21 EUR 0.14 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target.

    Sarkhan's Catharsis #144 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.05 USD / 0.28 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.2 EUR 0.06 EUR
    Manapool / 0.2 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Sarkhan's Catharsis deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.

    Skewer the Critics #26 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Spectacle

    Rules

  • A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
  • Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
  • Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR / 0.17 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD / 0.26 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Spectacle (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Skewer the Critics deals 3 damage to any target.

    Tectonic Rift #M19-162 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Because it doesn’t modify the characteristics of creatures, Tectonic Rift can affect creatures that enter the battlefield or lose flying after the spell resolves, and it will stop affecting creatures that gain flying.
  • If the target land is an illegal target by the time Tectonic Rift tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. Creatures without flying will be able to block as normal. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), creatures without flying will be unable to block.

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    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD
    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.