Vital Surge
~$0.19 low · ~$0.53 high
Green. Instant — Arcane
Betrayers of Kamigawa #150 · Illustrated by Douglas Shuler
Betrayers of Kamigawa #150 · Illustrated by Douglas ShulerWhat is Vital Surge worth?
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Oracle text
You gain 3 life.
Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Format legality
The only printing of Vital Surge
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Betrayers of Kamigawa bok #150· 2005common· Cardmarket €0.09 · €0.39 foil | common | $0.19 | $0.53 | €0.09€0.39 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2005
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #25,140 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Splice
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Betrayers of Kamigawa card (#150).
150
- 150Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Vital Surge, read from the Betrayers of Kamigawa printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Vital Surge. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 2: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Instant is the card type. Arcane is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Illustration
- By Douglas Shuler. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Betrayers of Kamigawa. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 150 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- SpliceCR 702.47
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (4)
2013-06-07
If all of the spell’s targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen.
2013-06-07
You reveal all cards you intend to splice at the same time. Each individual card can be spliced only once onto any one spell.
2013-06-07
A card with a splice ability can’t be spliced onto itself because the spell is on the stack (and not in your hand) when you reveal the cards you want to splice onto it.
2013-06-07
You choose all targets for the spell after revealing cards you want to splice, including any targets required by the text of any of those cards. You may choose a different target for each instance of the word “target” on the resulting spell.
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