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Crash and Burn

Instant3 generic manaRed mana

A modal removal spell built for a set with a Vehicle problem to solve. The Vehicle mode is the tell: a hard artifact-destruction option grafted onto a burn spell exists because Vehicles are creatures only when crewed, so a spell that reads only "destroy target creature" whiffs on an uncrewed one sitting on the battlefield waiting. The first mode answers a Vehicle whether or not anyone is aboard; the second is a straightforward six-damage bolt aimed at the creatures and planeswalkers that a Vehicle-light board actually fields. That split is the whole design logic: one spell that covers both halves of a mechanic that toggles between artifact and creature, at a cost that would be aggressive for either mode alone if the rate were tighter. What you pay for the flexibility is the four mana and sorcery-cost feel, though it fires at instant speed, so it holds up as a combat trick against an attacking Vehicle or catches a planeswalker the turn it lands. Six damage is a deliberately high ceiling: it clears the fatties that shrug off three, and the modality means the card is rarely a dead draw, since almost every board presents a legal target for one line or the other.

Crash and Burn (dft)
DFT · #119common
Pricing
Normal: $0.15
Foil: $0.15
Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose one — • Destroy target Vehicle. • Crash and Burn deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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