---
name: "Burn at the Stake"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "130"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "eb23bbb0-dd12-44f1-8645-d92f46cbe8ff"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/burn-at-the-stake-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Burn at the Stake
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Explosive Singularity](/printing/explosive-singularity-pneo.md) — Sorcery
2. [Heartfire](/printing/heartfire-war.md) — Instant
3. [Soul Immolation](/printing/soul-immolation-pecl.md) — Sorcery
4. [Spontaneous Combustion](/printing/spontaneous-combustion-tmp.md) — Instant
5. [Soulblast](/printing/soulblast-10e.md) — Instant
6. [Blasphemous Act](/printing/blasphemous-act-ncc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #130
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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