---
name: "Erratic Explosion"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "PCA"
set_name: "Planechase Anthology"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Gary Ruddell"
oracle_id: "8e560a3a-c81b-43b3-b622-5c66ef655647"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/erratic-explosion-pca"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Erratic Explosion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose any target. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Erratic Explosion deals damage equal to that card's mana value to that permanent or player. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Explosive Revelation](/printing/explosive-revelation-roe.md) — Sorcery
2. [Kaboom!](/printing/kaboom-ons.md) — Sorcery
3. [Cerebral Eruption](/printing/cerebral-eruption-som.md) — Sorcery
4. [Calibrated Blast](/printing/calibrated-blast-pmh2.md) — Instant
5. [Madcap Experiment](/printing/madcap-experiment-kld.md) — Sorcery
6. [Wild Magic Surge](/printing/wild-magic-surge-clb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planechase Anthology (PCA) #41
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Gary Ruddell
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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