Art by Kari Christensen · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$0.30
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
Unholy Heat
{R} · Instant
Unholy Heat deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Delirium — Unholy Heat deals 6 damage instead if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Rulings (2)
Jun 18, 2021 · The card types that can appear in a graveyard are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types; Kavu and Equipment are subtypes, not card types.
Jun 18, 2021 · Unholy Heat checks your graveyard as it resolves to determine if it deals 2 or 6 damage. At that time, Unholy Heat isn't in the graveyard yet.
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperLegal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype
% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=344 decks
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grixis Aggro | Modern | 100% | 2–4× | 5 |
| Jeskai Aggro | Modern | 100% | 2× | 1 |
| Jund Shadow | Modern | 100% | 2× | 1 |
| Izzet Aggro | Modern | 98.9% | 1–4× | 189 |
| Izzet Delver | Legacy | 97% | 1–4× | 99 |
| Temur Aggro | Modern | 96.2% | 2–4× | 26 |
| Izzet Cutter | Modern | 83.3% | 2–4× | 18 |
| Grixis Shadow | Modern | 80% | 2–3× | 5 |
Price
Unholy Heat — price trend
Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
$0.28▼ $0.01 since Jun 13, 2026
Jun 13, 2026 · $0.29Jun 14, 2026 · $0.28