---
name: "Sonic Burst"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "BTD"
set_name: "Beatdown Box Set"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Brian Snõddy"
oracle_id: "144d42b8-5c44-4a36-9028-75229047e56c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sonic-burst-btd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card at random.
Sonic Burst deals 4 damage to any target.

> *Music scythes the savage beast.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sonic Seizure](/printing/sonic-seizure-tor.md) — Instant
2. [Acceptable Losses](/printing/acceptable-losses-ody.md) — Sorcery
3. [Incinerating Blast](/printing/incinerating-blast-fdn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Tormenting Voice](/printing/tormenting-voice-sir.md) — Sorcery
5. [Hanabi Blast](/printing/hanabi-blast-chk.md) — Instant
6. [Pumpkin Bombardment](/printing/pumpkin-bombardment-om1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Beatdown Box Set (BTD) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Brian Snõddy
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`