Searing Rays
Mana cost
Mana value3TypeSorcery
Color identity
Red
RarityUncommon
SetInvasion (INV)
ArtistDoug Chaffee
Price€0.17 · foil €1.53 · $0.24
About this card
Searing Rays is a sorcery card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 3 (color identity: red). Printed in Invasion (2000). Legal in Commander, Legacy and Vintage. Cardmarket price: €0.17.
Searing Rays 

Sorcery
Choose a color. Searing Rays deals damage to each player equal to the number of creatures of that color that player controls.
"This is a battle of pawns, for the highest stakes imaginable." —Urza
Name in each language
FrançaisRayons de feuEnglishSearing RaysEspañolRayos AbrasadoresDeutschBratende StrahlenItalianoRaggi BruciantiPortuguêsRaios Cauterizantes日本語焼尽の光線
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal
Rulings
2004-10-04
You choose the color on resolution. Your opponent does not get to respond between the color choice and the damage happening. They need to use any damage prevention they want before you choose a color.