Exploding Borders
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Domain — Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Exploding Borders deals X damage to target player or planeswalker, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
What it does
Tagged as Ramp · Removal — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don't put a land card onto the battlefield. (2009-02-01)
- You do what the spell says in order, so you'll put a new basic land card onto the battlefield before you determine the value of X. (2009-02-01)
- Exploding Borders has only one target: the player. If that player becomes an illegal target by the time Exploding Borders would resolve, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You won't get to search for a basic land card. (2009-02-01)
- The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. Land types other than basic land types (such as Desert) don't contribute to domain abilities. (2021-06-18)
- Domain abilities count the number of basic land types among lands you control, not how many lands you control or how many of any type. (2021-06-18)
Printings & prices
Every set Exploding Borders has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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