---
name: "Shatter the Source"
mana_cost: "{5}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Convoke"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Artur Nakhodkin"
oracle_id: "d8b3bcf2-1be1-46ed-9531-ca4ce98e3b3c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shatter-the-source-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shatter the Source
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Convoke

## Oracle Text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Choose one —
• Shatter the Source deals 6 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle.
• Destroy target artifact.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sundering Vitae](/printing/sundering-vitae-rav.md) — Instant
2. [Stoke the Flames](/printing/stoke-the-flames-mom.md) — Instant
3. [Mob](/printing/mob-mh1.md) — Instant
4. [Protective Response](/printing/protective-response-ecl.md) — Instant
5. [Calamity of Cinders](/printing/calamity-of-cinders-blc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Cut Short](/printing/cut-short-mom.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #164
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Artur Nakhodkin
- **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`