---
name: "Seismic Strike"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "DDI"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "3513d862-ef0d-4949-b33a-3fa9437cc444"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/seismic-strike-ddi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Seismic Strike
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Seismic Strike deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control.

> *"Life up here is simple. Adapt to the ways of the mountains and they will reward you. Fight them and they will end you."
—Kezim, prodigal pyromancer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spitting Earth](/printing/spitting-earth-dd1.md) — Sorcery
2. [Rockslide Ambush](/printing/rockslide-ambush-ptk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Spire Barrage](/printing/spire-barrage-ddi.md) — Sorcery
4. [Earth Tremor](/printing/earth-tremor-clb.md) — Instant
5. [Jaws of Stone](/printing/jaws-of-stone-ddg.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rumbling Rockslide](/printing/rumbling-rockslide-lci.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth (DDI) #70
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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