Card

Vandalblast

Sorcery


Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Our hero struck with a flash of steel, slicing the monster's claw and freeing the young girl from its grasp!


  Secret Lair Drop (SLD)
#404, Rare

Illustrated by: Kawasumi

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2021-03-19
    If you don't pay the overload cost of Vandalblast, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
  • 2021-03-19
    Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect artifacts with hexproof or with protection from red.
  • 2021-03-19
    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
  • 2021-03-19
    If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload “without paying its mana cost,” you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
  • 2024-01-12
    If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
  • 2024-01-12
    Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
  • 2024-01-12
    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
  • 2024-01-12
    If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
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