---
name: "Searing Barb"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Incubate", "Transform"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tiffany Turrill"
oracle_id: "9a1622a5-c982-407b-a158-7b8ad9238aac"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/searing-barb-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Searing Barb
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Incubate, Transform

## Oracle Text
Searing Barb deals 2 damage to any target. If it's a creature, it can't block this turn. Incubate 1. (Create an Incubator token with a +1/+1 counter on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

> *"Você sempre foi um estudante tão sagaz. Pena que fosse tão pouco incisivo."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Searing Blood](/printing/searing-blood-tle.md) — Instant
2. [Sizzling Barrage](/printing/sizzling-barrage-znr.md) — Instant
3. [Searing Barrage](/printing/searing-barrage-eld.md) — Instant
4. [Sparkmage's Gambit](/printing/sparkmages-gambit-ogw.md) — Sorcery
5. [Blindblast](/printing/blindblast-war.md) — Instant
6. [Sunder the Gateway](/printing/sunder-the-gateway-mom.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #163
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tiffany Turrill
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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