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Burn at the StakeHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· Avacyn Restored· May 4, 2012
Carte Magic Burn at the Stake

Burn at the Stake is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap any number of untapped creatures you control. Burn at the Stake deals damage to any target equal to three times the number of creatures tapped this way.

How it works : Burn at the Stake

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Players may not respond to the paying of costs. Once Burn at the Stake has been announced and put on the stack, no one can try to respond by tapping any creatures.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    The amount of damage Burn at the Stake deals won’t change if any creatures tapped to cast it become untapped or leave the battlefield before it resolves.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    All creatures tapped this way become tapped at the same time.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Legal formats

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