Burning Inquiry
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Magic 2010 #128 (common)
- Price
- $3.13 USD
Each player draws three cards, then discards three cards at random.
Burning Inquiry has 2 printings, first in Magic 2010 (2009). EDHREC ranks it #3,542 among Commander cards. It appears most in Nekusar, the Mindrazer decks (7,368 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Burning Inquiry most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Nekusar, the Mindrazer: 7,368 decks
- Ian Malcolm, Chaotician: 3,022 decks
- Zurzoth, Chaos Rider: 2,653 decks
- Xyris, the Writhing Storm: 2,551 decks
- Winter, Misanthropic Guide: 2,304 decks
- Captain Howler, Sea Scourge: 1,594 decks
- Norman Osborn // Green Goblin: 1,497 decks
- Eruth, Tormented Prophet: 1,327 decks
Often played with Burning Inquiry
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : First the player whose turn it is draws three cards, then each other player in turn order does so. Then the active player randomly chooses the three cards they will discard, then each other player in turn order does so. Then all the cards are discarded at the same time.
- : Each player must discard three cards, even a player that (for some reason) didn’t actually draw three cards.