Overload

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Overload is an alternative cost that turns a single-target spell into a sweeping one. You may cast a spell with overload for its overload cost instead of its mana cost.

How it works

• If you cast the spell using its overload cost, you change its text by replacing each instance of the word "target" with "each."
• A spell that would destroy target creature instead affects each creature.

Rules notes

• An overloaded spell has no targets, so it cannot be redirected and is unaffected by hexproof or shroud.
• Overload is an alternative cost; the spell's mana value is still its printed mana cost.

Rule reference

[702.96]