---
name: "Chaotic Backlash"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "49"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Frank"
oracle_id: "be6cb3e6-7492-4e30-83a9-9bc413e50cdc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chaotic-backlash-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Chaotic Backlash
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Chaotic Backlash deals damage to target player equal to twice the number of white and/or blue permanents they control.

> *Le concept de la tramepensée fascine le culte des Noctâtres. Imaginez plutôt : torturer un seul individu pour faire souffrir tout un peuple.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disorder](/printing/disorder-usg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Lithomantic Barrage](/printing/lithomantic-barrage-mom.md) — Sorcery
3. [Raka Sanctuary](/printing/raka-sanctuary-apc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Anarchy](/printing/anarchy-ice.md) — Sorcery
5. [Parch](/printing/parch-ulg.md) — Instant
6. [Evaporate](/printing/evaporate-hml.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #49
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Frank
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`