Repeating Barrage 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.
Official card text
Repeating Barrage deals 3 damage to any target. Raid —: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you attacked this turn.
Complete guide
Repeating Barrage is a versatile red sorcery that provides consistent damage and late-game inevitability. Thanks to its Raid ability, you can repeatedly return it from your graveyard to your hand to finish off opponents or clear the board.
Damage and Recursion
At its core, Repeating Barrage is a standard burn spell that deals 3 damage to any target for three mana. However, its second ability allows you to buy it back from the graveyard for five mana. To activate this, you must have declared at least one creature as an attacker earlier in the same turn.
How Raid Resolves
The Raid ability is an activated ability that works only while the card is in your graveyard. First, ensure you have attacked with a creature during any previous combat phase of the current turn. Second, pay the cost of five mana. Once the ability resolves, the card moves from your graveyard back to your hand. You do not need to have the attacking creature still on the battlefield for this to work.
Common Pitfalls
A common mistake is trying to activate the Raid ability before the declare attackers step; you must actually commit to an attack first. Also, remember that Repeating Barrage is a sorcery, so while you can return it to your hand during your post-combat main phase, you cannot cast it at instant speed unless another effect allows you to do so.
Strategic Timing
The best time to use Repeating Barrage is during your second main phase. This ensures your Raid requirement is met, allowing you to cast the spell to remove a blocker that survived combat or to deal direct damage to an opponent to pressure their life total.
Interaction examples
Jeska's WillIf you have attacked this turn and have Repeating Barrage in your graveyard, you can cast Jeska's Will to generate a large amount of red mana. Use that mana to activate the Raid ability of Repeating Barrage, returning it to your hand, and then use the remaining mana to cast it immediately.
Wheel of FortuneAfter casting Wheel of Fortune, you might be forced to discard Repeating Barrage. If you attacked during your combat phase before or after casting the Wheel, you can simply pay the Raid cost to put the Barrage back into your hand, effectively gaining an extra card beyond the seven you drew.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Repeating Barrage
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Raid abilities care only that you attacked with a creature. It doesn't matter how many creatures you attacked with or which player, planeswalker, or battle those creatures attacked.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Raid abilities evaluate the entire turn to see if you attacked with a creature. That creature doesn't have to still be on the battlefield. Similarly, the player, planeswalker, or battle it attacked doesn't have to still be in the game or on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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