---
name: "First Volley"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Glen Angus"
oracle_id: "b6a89457-1581-46d4-b75b-c5b8704d9f6f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/first-volley-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# First Volley
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle Text
First Volley deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to that creature's controller.

> *« Nous avons cherché sur leurs cadavres les traces des lames qui les avaient tués, mais nous n'avons trouvé que des chairs calcinées. »
—Tendre-main, guérisseuse kitsune*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shower of Sparks](/printing/shower-of-sparks-brb.md) — Instant
2. [Blazing Volley](/printing/blazing-volley-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Establishing Shot](/printing/establishing-shot-unk.md) — Instant
4. [Blazing Salvo](/printing/blazing-salvo-ddk.md) — Instant
5. [Shard Volley](/printing/shard-volley-mor.md) — Instant
6. [Lava Spike](/printing/lava-spike-td0.md) — Sorcery — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #100
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Glen Angus
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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