---
name: "Shrapnel Blast"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "EA3"
set_name: "Explorer Anthology 3"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Hideaki Takamura"
oracle_id: "d3c623f3-c7c9-47c0-8096-6dee3267baff"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shrapnel-blast-ea3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shrapnel Blast
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Shrapnel Blast deals 5 damage to any target.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Artillerize](/printing/artillerize-nph.md) — Instant
2. [Incendiary Sabotage](/printing/incendiary-sabotage-kld.md) — Instant
3. [Makeshift Munitions](/printing/makeshift-munitions-cmr.md) — Enchantment
4. [Shrapnel Slinger](/printing/shrapnel-slinger-one.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Beast
5. [Suspicious Detonation](/printing/suspicious-detonation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Fireforger's Puzzleknot](/printing/fireforgers-puzzleknot-kld.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Explorer Anthology 3 (EA3) #3
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Hideaki Takamura
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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