Boltfire
Sorcery
$0.16
Market price
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Public decks
Rules Text
Card Facts
Legality
Alchemy
Not legalBrawl
Not legalCommander
Not legalCompetitive Brawl
Not legalDuel Commander
Not legalFuture
Not legalGladiator
Not legalHistoric
Not legalLegacy
Not legalModern
Not legalOathbreaker
Not legalOld School
Not legalPauper
Not legalPauper Commander
Not legalPenny Dreadful
Not legalPioneer
Not legalPreDH
Not legalPremodern
Not legalStandard
Not legalStandard Brawl
Not legalTimeless
Not legalTLR
Not legalVintage
Not legalRulings
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
When you cast Boltfire normally, it will go to the graveyard after it finishes resolving. You’ll have to figure out how to get it into exile to cast it with its flashforward ability.
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
“Flashforward [cost]” means “You may cast this card from exile by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and “If the flashforward cost was paid, put this card on the bottom of its owner’s library instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack.”
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card’s type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashforward only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashforward cost) you’re paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
A spell cast using flashforward will always be put on the bottom of its owner’s library afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
If some other effect gives you permission to cast Boltfire from exile, such as if you exiled it with Dark-Dweller Oracle, you may cast Boltfire using either permission.
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as {T} and {W}. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.
- Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
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