---
name: "Blazing Shoal"
mana_cost: "{X}{R}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Glen Angus"
oracle_id: "ccba143d-ed9b-4044-bdad-f010a0e38e47"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blazing-shoal-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "banned"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blazing Shoal
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{R}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle Text
You may exile a red card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pyrokinesis](/printing/pyrokinesis-slz.md) — Instant
2. [Sickening Shoal](/printing/sickening-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Blazing Crescendo](/printing/blazing-crescendo-msh.md) — Instant
4. [Harvest Pyre](/printing/harvest-pyre-isd.md) — Instant
5. [March of Reckless Joy](/printing/march-of-reckless-joy-pneo.md) — Instant
6. [Enrage](/printing/enrage-8ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #96
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Glen Angus
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `banned` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`