---
name: "Thermal Blast"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "224"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Franz Vohwinkel"
oracle_id: "52ad1a31-3ad8-4ead-ba77-675cad7e4a14"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thermal-blast-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Thermal Blast
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
Thermal Blast deals 3 damage to target creature.
Threshold — Thermal Blast deals 5 damage instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pardic Arsonist](/printing/pardic-arsonist-tor.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian
2. [Shower of Coals](/printing/shower-of-coals-ody.md) — Sorcery
3. [Incinerating Blast](/printing/incinerating-blast-fdn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Blazing Salvo](/printing/blazing-salvo-ddk.md) — Instant
5. [Chainflinger](/printing/chainflinger-ody.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Heat Ray](/printing/heat-ray-brb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #224
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Franz Vohwinkel
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`