---
name: "Torch the Tower"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Bargain", "Scry"]
set: "WOE"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Uriah Voth"
oracle_id: "10d33e95-3e5d-447e-ba4a-acd3c33b4045"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/torch-the-tower-woe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Torch the Tower
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Bargain, Scry

## Oracle Text
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Torch the Tower deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If this spell was bargained, instead it deals 3 damage to that permanent and you scry 1.
If a permanent dealt damage by Torch the Tower would die this turn, exile it instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stonesplitter Bolt](/printing/stonesplitter-bolt-woe.md) — Instant
2. [Betrayer's Bargain](/printing/betrayers-bargain-dsk.md) — Instant
3. [Kellan's Lightblades](/printing/kellans-lightblades-woe.md) — Instant
4. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant
5. [Heartfire](/printing/heartfire-war.md) — Instant
6. [Torch Fiend](/printing/torch-fiend-m15.md) — Creature — Devil

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #153
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Uriah Voth
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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