---
name: "Heat Shimmer"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "SPG"
set_name: "Special Guests"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez"
oracle_id: "5c80d39e-f3af-4d24-bca0-19f0bd0f5082"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heat-shimmer-spg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Create a token that's a copy of target creature, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, exile this token."

> *一瞬の晴れ舞台のため、炎族の心臓はその燃え盛る真価を示すのだ。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flameshadow Conjuring](/printing/flameshadow-conjuring-moc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Electroduplicate](/printing/electroduplicate-pfdn.md) — Sorcery
3. [Molten Duplication](/printing/molten-duplication-pbig.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hate Mirage](/printing/hate-mirage-onc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Choreographed Sparks](/printing/choreographed-sparks-sos.md) — Instant
6. [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](/printing/kiki-jiki-mirror-breaker-j22.md) — Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Special Guests (SPG) #137
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez
- **Total Printings:** 21 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`