---
name: "Words of War"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "244"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Justin Sweet"
oracle_id: "76d6d4cc-607f-4a33-a964-a38b5dbfe710"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/words-of-war-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Words of War
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{1}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, this enchantment deals 2 damage to any target instead.

> *"Passions can't be shackled by laws or mastered with logic. The choice is freedom or death."
—*Volume IV, The Book of Fire**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Master the Way](/printing/master-the-way-ktk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Fate Unraveler](/printing/fate-unraveler-c15.md) — Enchantment Creature — Hag
3. [Words of Waste](/printing/words-of-waste-ons.md) — Enchantment
4. [Irencrag Pyromancer](/printing/irencrag-pyromancer-peld.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Pyromania](/printing/pyromania-tor.md) — Enchantment
6. [Orcish Cannonade](/printing/orcish-cannonade-tsr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #244
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Justin Sweet
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`