Runeflare Trap
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Type
- Instant — Trap
- Set
- Zendikar #146 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
If an opponent drew three or more cards this turn, you may pay {R} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Runeflare Trap deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.
Runeflare Trap has 1 printing, first in Zendikar (2009). EDHREC ranks it #15,873 among Commander cards. It appears most in Red Death, Shipwrecker decks (610 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Runeflare Trap most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Red Death, Shipwrecker: 610 decks
- Adamaro, First to Desire: 506 decks
- Nin, the Pain Artist: 99 decks
- Darigaaz, the Igniter: 88 decks
- Commander William Riker: 3 decks
- Alexander, Ship's Fool: 3 decks
- Stick, Fearless Mentor: 2 decks
- Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist: 2 decks
Often played with Runeflare Trap
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
- : You may ignore a Trap's alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.
- : Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
- : The player you target with Runeflare Trap doesn't have to be the opponent that drew three or more cards this turn.