---
name: "Play with Fire"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "390"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "5ffc1e77-152b-4a82-8ea8-2c79cc31d5ef"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/play-with-fire-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Play with Fire
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Play with Fire deals 2 damage to any target. If a player is dealt damage this way, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

> *Teufel finden die Behausungen der Menschen bedrückend kalt, dunkel und unverbrannt.*

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3. [Jaya's Firenado](/printing/jayas-firenado-j25.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fated Conflagration](/printing/fated-conflagration-bng.md) — Instant
5. [Bolt of Keranos](/printing/bolt-of-keranos-bng.md) — Sorcery
6. [Scouring Sands](/printing/scouring-sands-bng.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #390
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

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