---
name: "Icy Blast"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Ferocious"]
set: "PKTK"
set_name: "Khans of Tarkir Promos"
collector_number: "42s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "f49302c5-8510-4360-841c-a59f53f87e0b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/icy-blast-pktk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Icy Blast
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Ferocious

## Oracle Text
Tap X target creatures.
Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

> *"Do not think the sand or the sun will hold back the breath of winter."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Frost Breath](/printing/frost-breath-m12.md) — Instant
2. [Frostveil Ambush](/printing/frostveil-ambush-iko.md) — Instant
3. [Crippling Chill](/printing/crippling-chill-j22.md) — Instant
4. [Winter Blast](/printing/winter-blast-4ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Snow Day](/printing/snow-day-clu.md) — Instant
6. [Frost Lynx](/printing/frost-lynx-plst.md) — Creature — Elemental Cat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Khans of Tarkir Promos (PKTK) #42s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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