---
name: "Overwhelming Surge"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "115"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Gaboleps"
oracle_id: "bc8a37f1-c36b-4d0f-82da-4558ff712565"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/overwhelming-surge-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Choose one or both —
• Overwhelming Surge deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target noncreature artifact.

> *I parafulmini dei Mardu disperdono l'energia delle dracotempeste... o di qualunque cosa li tocchi.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Molten Blast](/printing/molten-blast-znr.md) — Instant
2. [Abrade](/printing/abrade-soc.md) — Instant
3. [Ruinous Rampage](/printing/ruinous-rampage-eoe.md) — Sorcery
4. [Cast into the Fire](/printing/cast-into-the-fire-ltr.md) — Instant
5. [Fiery Intervention](/printing/fiery-intervention-dom.md) — Sorcery
6. [Fiery Confluence](/printing/fiery-confluence-cmm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #115
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Gaboleps
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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