---
name: "Piercing Rays"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Forecast"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bryan Sola"
oracle_id: "8960a213-cb72-4d67-bb4e-bcb1f657b944"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/piercing-rays-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Piercing Rays
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Forecast

## Oracle Text
Exile target tapped creature.
Forecast — {2}{W}, Reveal this card from your hand: Tap target untapped creature. (Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)

> *El presagio exige dolor.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Excoriate](/printing/excoriate-bng.md) — Sorcery
2. [Expel](/printing/expel-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Banish from Edoras](/printing/banish-from-edoras-ltr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hawkeye's Shot](/printing/hawkeyes-shot-msc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Plumes of Peace](/printing/plumes-of-peace-dis.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Mistmeadow Vanisher](/printing/mistmeadow-vanisher-moc.md) — Creature — Kithkin Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #24
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bryan Sola
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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