---
name: "Mindblaze"
mana_cost: "{5}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "180"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "31f3a9f3-881e-4dc9-b71d-5d1fc86477bf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mindblaze-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mindblaze
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a nonland card name and a number greater than 0. Target player reveals their library. If that library contains exactly the chosen number of cards with the chosen name, Mindblaze deals 8 damage to that player. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Explosive Revelation](/printing/explosive-revelation-roe.md) — Sorcery
2. [Calibrated Blast](/printing/calibrated-blast-pmh2.md) — Instant
3. [Kaboom!](/printing/kaboom-ons.md) — Sorcery
4. [Erratic Explosion](/printing/erratic-explosion-pca.md) — Sorcery
5. [Magus of the Scroll](/printing/magus-of-the-scroll-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Cerebral Eruption](/printing/cerebral-eruption-som.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #180
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Avon
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`