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Exploding Borders
Sorcery
common
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.
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Destroys or denies opponents' lands — Strip Mine, Blood Moon, Back to Basics.
Puts additional lands onto the battlefield or searches for lands. Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, fetchlands.
Puts additional lands onto the battlefield or searches for lands. Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, fetchlands.
Land-focused strategies beyond ramp — land recursion, land sacrifice, Crucible of Worlds.
Specifically damages, destroys, or shuts down planeswalkers.
Accelerates mana production beyond the one-land-per-turn baseline. Umbrella tag — see ramp subtypes for land ramp, mana dorks, mana rocks, and rituals.
Prevents players from searching their libraries. Shuts down tutors and fetchlands.
Storm count strategies — casting many spells in a single turn for storm triggers.
Searches your library for a specific card. Named after Demonic Tutor. Excludes land search (that's ramp).
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Printings (1)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conflux#106 | common | · | · | · |
Rulings
Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don't put a land card onto the battlefield.
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.
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.
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.
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.