---
name: "Unleash the Inferno"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "PSNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna Promos"
collector_number: "229p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "d305d2dd-578c-4964-a7c2-26490bb2ef2e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unleash-the-inferno-psnc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Unleash the Inferno
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Unleash the Inferno deals 7 damage to target creature or planeswalker. When it deals excess damage this way, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that amount of excess damage.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inferno](/printing/inferno-8ed.md) — Instant
2. [Living Inferno](/printing/living-inferno-gpt.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Inferno Trap](/printing/inferno-trap-ddn.md) — Instant — Trap
4. [Burn the Accursed](/printing/burn-the-accursed-mid.md) — Instant
5. [Cast into the Fire](/printing/cast-into-the-fire-ltr.md) — Instant
6. [Torrent of Fire](/printing/torrent-of-fire-scg.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) #229p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-04-29)* A permanent cannot be dealt 0 excess damage.
- *(2022-04-29)* Excess damage has been dealt to a planeswalker if the amount of damage dealt to it is greater than the number of loyalty counters that it had remaining when the damage was dealt.
- *(2022-04-29)* Excess damage has been dealt to a creature if the damage dealt to it is greater than lethal damage. Usually, this means damage greater than its toughness, although damage already marked on the creature is taken into account.