---
name: "Soul Sear"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "J25"
set_name: "Foundations Jumpstart"
collector_number: "599"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "1ef73b3b-ab4a-494b-b969-dcde995cee34"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/soul-sear-j25"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Soul Sear deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. That permanent loses indestructible until end of turn.

> *There was no witty retort, no confident boast to accompany the attack. There was only pain.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Smite the Deathless](/printing/smite-the-deathless-ltr.md) — Instant
2. [Burn from Within](/printing/burn-from-within-psoi.md) — Sorcery
3. [Sear](/printing/sear-ecl.md) — Instant
4. [Hour of Devastation](/printing/hour-of-devastation-akr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Searing Blood](/printing/searing-blood-tle.md) — Instant
6. [Burn the Accursed](/printing/burn-the-accursed-dbl.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #599
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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