---
name: "Corpse Explosion"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "PSNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna Promos"
collector_number: "179p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "ab715312-0103-4681-b559-520026abd350"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/corpse-explosion-psnc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Corpse Explosion
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Corpse Explosion deals damage equal to the exiled card's power to each creature and each planeswalker.

> *"Well, that's one way to scatter her ashes."
—Calvey, funeral director*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Corpse Lunge](/printing/corpse-lunge-isd.md) — Instant
2. [Haunting Misery](/printing/haunting-misery-wth.md) — Sorcery
3. [Necrotic Fumes](/printing/necrotic-fumes-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Harvest Pyre](/printing/harvest-pyre-isd.md) — Instant
5. [Ichor Explosion](/printing/ichor-explosion-nph.md) — Sorcery
6. [Screams of the Damned](/printing/screams-of-the-damned-ody.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) #179p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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