---
name: "Brazen Boarding"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Conjure"]
set: "YLCI"
set_name: "Alchemy: Ixalan"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony Devine"
oracle_id: "123d002c-0004-4e0e-80f3-f0f9555201ac"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brazen-boarding-ylci"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Brazen Boarding
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Conjure

## Oracle Text
Brazen Boarding deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If excess damage is dealt this way, conjure a card with mana value equal to that excess damage from Brazen Boarding's spellbook onto the battlefield. If that excess damage is 4 or greater, instead conjure a card named Admiral Beckett Brass onto the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mephit's Enthusiasm](/printing/mephits-enthusiasm-hbg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Molten Impact](/printing/molten-impact-yneo.md) — Sorcery
3. [Brilliance Unleashed](/printing/brilliance-unleashed-tmt.md) — Sorcery
4. [Broadside Barrage](/printing/broadside-barrage-dft.md) — Instant
5. [Deal Damage](/printing/deal-damage-unh.md) — Instant
6. [Unleash the Inferno](/printing/unleash-the-inferno-snc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Ixalan (YLCI) #23
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony Devine

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