---
name: "Solar Blast"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "234"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "ece3e379-c586-48bd-8742-472b5deccc35"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/solar-blast-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Solar Blast
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Solar Blast deals 3 damage to any target.
Cycling {1}{R}{R} ({1}{R}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may have it deal 1 damage to any target.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spark Spray](/printing/spark-spray-vma.md) — Instant
2. [Sweltering Suns](/printing/sweltering-suns-pakh.md) — Sorcery
3. [Resounding Thunder](/printing/resounding-thunder-ala.md) — Instant
4. [Flame Jet](/printing/flame-jet-uds.md) — Sorcery
5. [Starstorm](/printing/starstorm-c20.md) — Instant
6. [Lightning Blast](/printing/lightning-blast-tpr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #234
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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