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Leyline of Combustion

Enchantment2 generic manaRed manaRed mana

Punishment as prophylaxis. The Leyline cycle each answers a color's characteristic vulnerability by starting the game already resolved, but this one is the outlier: it does not stop the opponent from doing anything. It punishes them for trying. Where a hexproof aura or a counterspell denies the interaction, this taxes it, turning every targeted removal spell, every targeted discard, every Bolt aimed at your face into a two-damage price on the caster's head. The trigger is pointedly loose about what sets it off: any spell or ability an opponent controls that targets you or a permanent you control, which means the opponent can be bled by their own hand disruption on turn one before either player has drawn a card. That breadth suits a burn plan, where every point matters and the opponent's removal is exactly the resource you want to make expensive. The leyline clause elevates it above a slow enchantment: dropped from the opening hand for zero mana, it converts a hand-management gamble into a standing threat that never needs a turn to come online. It is a hate piece that hates preemptively, sitting on the battlefield daring the opponent to interact and clocking them for every attempt.

Leyline of Combustion (m20)
M20 · #148rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.49
Foil: $0.79
Oracle Text

Rules text

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Whenever you and/or at least one permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
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
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

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