Exploding Borders 
Sorcery
Oracle text (EN)
Sorcery
Domain — Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Exploding Borders deals X damage to target player or planeswalker, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
Printing details
- Set
- CON · 106
- Rarity
- Common
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Released
- 2009-02-06
- Prices
- €0.09 · $0.27
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2026 | €0.09 | €0.11 |
| October 29, 2026 | €0.10 | €0.11 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.08 | €0.11 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.02 trend €0.09 30-day avg €0.09 | low €0.04 trend €0.17 30-day avg €0.24 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.11 with Zero from €0.15 | NM from €0.17 with Zero from €0.34 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.11 | NM from €0.17 |
Cardmarket updated Oct 31, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 31, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Not legal
- competitivebrawl Not legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Not legal
- historic Not legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Legal
- penny Legal
- predh Legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Not legal
- tlr Not legal
Rulings
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Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don't put a land card onto the battlefield.
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You do what the spell says in order, so you'll put a new basic land card onto the battlefield before you determine the value of X.
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Exploding Borders has only one target: the player. If that player becomes an illegal target by the time Exploding Borders would resolve, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You won't get to search for a basic land card.
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The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. Land types other than basic land types (such as Desert) don't contribute to domain abilities.
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Domain abilities count the number of basic land types among lands you control, not how many lands you control or how many of any type.