---
name: "Searing Rays"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "165"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Doug Chaffee"
oracle_id: "fd6730e2-3904-43cf-90c6-e3d9fe210bc5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/searing-rays-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Searing Rays
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a color. Searing Rays deals damage to each player equal to the number of creatures of that color that player controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sudden Demise](/printing/sudden-demise-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Wojek Embermage](/printing/wojek-embermage-rav.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Cleansing Beam](/printing/cleansing-beam-rav.md) — Instant
4. [Rain of Embers](/printing/rain-of-embers-rav.md) — Sorcery
5. [Radiating Lightning](/printing/radiating-lightning-m19.md) — Instant
6. [Radiant Flames](/printing/radiant-flames-pbfz.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #165
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Doug Chaffee
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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