Calibrated Blast
~$0.16 low · ~$0.38 high
Red. Instant
Modern Horizons 2 #118 · Illustrated by Evan Shipard
Modern Horizons 2 #118 · Illustrated by Evan ShipardWhat is Calibrated Blast worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a random order. When you reveal a nonland card this way, Calibrated Blast deals damage equal to that card's mana value to any target.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Format legality
All 4 printings of Calibrated Blast
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Etched foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Modern Horizons 2 mh2 #118· 2021rare· Cardmarket €0.11 · €0.21 foil | rare | $0.18 | $0.16 | No etched foil printing | €0.11€0.21 foil | |
 Modern Horizons 2 mh2 #405· 2021Retro Framerare· Cardmarket €0.13 · €0.29 foil | rare | $0.22 | $0.29 | $0.24 | €0.13€0.29 foil | |
 Modern Horizons 2 mh2 #456· 2021Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.25 · €0.41 foil | rare | $0.32 | $0.38 | No etched foil printing | €0.25€0.41 foil | |
 Modern Horizons 2 Promos pmh2 #118s· 2021Promorare· Cardmarket €0.37 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $0.33 | No etched foil printing | €0.37 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2021
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #20,351 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flashback
- Artist
- Evan Shipard
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Modern Horizons 2 card (#118).
118 · MH2 · R · EN
- 118Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- MH2Set code for Modern Horizons 2
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (7)
2021-06-18
Calibrated Blast goes on the stack without a target. When you reveal a nonland card during its resolution, its reflexive triggered ability triggers and you pick a target to be dealt damage. You'll know the mana value of the revealed nonland card and how much damage will be dealt.
2021-06-18
You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
2021-06-18
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
2021-06-18
“Flashback [cost]” means “You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and “If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack.”
2021-06-18
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
2021-06-18
The nonland card revealed this way ends up on the bottom of the library with the other cards.
2021-06-18
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
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