---
name: "Searing Touch"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Buyback"]
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "201"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "1cd9a3ba-a115-4e59-983d-605e4435f3a8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/searing-touch-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Searing Touch
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Buyback

## Oracle Text
Buyback {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Searing Touch deals 1 damage to any target.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fanning the Flames](/printing/fanning-the-flames-tpr.md) — Sorcery
2. [Deal Damage](/printing/deal-damage-unh.md) — Instant
3. [Seething Anger](/printing/seething-anger-tpr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Shattering Pulse](/printing/shattering-pulse-wc98.md) — Instant
5. [Geistflame](/printing/geistflame-isd.md) — Instant
6. [Sear](/printing/sear-ecl.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #201
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`