---
name: "Cinder Strike"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Blight"]
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Joshua Raphael"
oracle_id: "54421e69-d79e-4c2e-8ce6-96994d168835"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cinder-strike-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cinder Strike
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Blight

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may blight 1. (You may put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Cinder Strike deals 2 damage to target creature. It deals 4 damage to that creature instead if this spell's additional cost was paid.

> *"Si me voy a apagar, al menos tú arderás".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pyrrhic Strike](/printing/pyrrhic-strike-ecl.md) — Instant
2. [Soul Immolation](/printing/soul-immolation-pecl.md) — Sorcery
3. [Cinderclasm](/printing/cinderclasm-znr.md) — Instant
4. [Cinder Elemental](/printing/cinder-elemental-hop.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Cinder Storm](/printing/cinder-storm-a25.md) — Sorcery
6. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #131
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Joshua Raphael
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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