---
name: "Heated Debate"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "106"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bayard Wu"
oracle_id: "06c3e85c-17d8-44e1-a0f8-07ef3f1624cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heated-debate-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Heated Debate
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)
Heated Debate deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

> *「當你還在浪費時間解開抽象算式時，我早已掌握了古代歐格牙烈焰魔法。看你的了。」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inescapable Blaze](/printing/inescapable-blaze-grn.md) — Instant
2. [Combust](/printing/combust-mm2.md) — Instant
3. [Heated Argument](/printing/heated-argument-sos.md) — Instant
4. [Fry](/printing/fry-m20.md) — Instant
5. [Lithomantic Barrage](/printing/lithomantic-barrage-mom.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rending Volley](/printing/rending-volley-tle.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #106
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bayard Wu
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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