Exploding Borders
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SetCON
Collector #106
Released2009-02-06
Raritycommon
ArtistZoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Exploding Borders

CommonColour IDMV 4
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.
Keywords
Domain
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (5)
wotc18 Jun 2021
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.
wotc18 Jun 2021
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.
wotc1 Feb 2009
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.
wotc1 Feb 2009
Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don't put a land card onto the battlefield.
wotc1 Feb 2009
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.