
Fire // Ice
Fire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets. // Tap target permanent. Draw a card.
Rulings (7)
Dec 8, 2022 · Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.
Dec 8, 2022 · To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of this split card.
Dec 8, 2022 · A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Assault // Battery has a mana value of 5 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Assault // Battery.
Dec 8, 2022 · Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.
Dec 8, 2022 · If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast a sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Assault this way, but not Battery.
Dec 8, 2022 · Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard, Assault // Battery counts once, not twice.
Dec 8, 2022 · If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half. For example, if you copy Assault, the copy is also Assault, not Battery.
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footfalls | Modern | 100% | 3–4× | 47 |
| Izzet Landstill | Premodern | 100% | 3–4× | 3 |
| Izzet Faeries | Pauper | 75% | 1× | 4 |
| Psychatog | Premodern | 31% | 1–3× | 29 |
| Bant Oath | Premodern | 6.3% | 2× | 16 |
| Show and Tell | Legacy | 4.7% | 1–2× | 86 |
| Gates | Pauper | 2% | 2× | 49 |
| Simic Ritual | Modern | 2% | 2× | 51 |