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Draconic Roar

Instant1 generic manaRed mana

The cleverest part of this design is the optional cost. Revealing a Dragon from hand costs you nothing material: the card stays in your hand, ready to cast next turn, while the spell graduates from a two-mana piece of creature removal into a Lightning Bolt that also bites the opponent's life total. And the face-damage clause isn't gated on the reveal alone; controlling a Dragon as you cast it does the same work, so the bonus comes online the moment you have any Dragon in play, not just one tucked in hand. That dual condition is what keeps the card honest across the curve. Early, when your hand is full of fatties you can't yet afford, you flash one to clear a blocker and chip the opponent. Later, when those Dragons are already deployed and the reveal is no longer convenient, the controlled-Dragon condition picks up the slack. The floor is a clean two-mana three-damage instant any red deck can run; the ceiling is a tempo-positive removal-plus-burn spell that asks for nothing you weren't already doing in a Dragon shell. Most tribal payoffs demand a critical mass before they reward you. This one rewards a single card in hand or a single creature on the battlefield, which is why it suits aggressive red builds that merely flirt with the tribe rather than committing the whole deck to it.

Draconic Roar (jmp)
JMP · #308uncommon
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Oracle Text

Rules text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand. Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to target creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to that creature's controller.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
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
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

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