Boom / Bust

Sorcery

Boom:

Destroy target land you control and target land you don't control.

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Bust:

Destroy all lands.

Combos

• Boom / Bust + Darksteel Citadel + Simian Spirit Guide

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (43)

Icbrgr on Commander bracket recommendation

1 month ago

I'm also curious... Boom / Bust counts towards mass land denial but Wildfire does not... I know that's a big difference between sacrificing 4 lands vs destroying ALL LANDS but still if I was having a rule zero discussion and we agreed that there wasn't mass land denial I think I'd raise an eyebrow.

Sliverguy420 on Gruul Land Destruction

2 months ago

CommanderNeyo: ragavan is too easily blocked to guarantee a land destruction spell turn 2. Elder Gargaroth is my beater of choice. drawing cards and/or making 3/3 tokens is plenty of card advantage while not being in Fatal Push or Prismatic Ending range. i only have 20 lands, so i wont be saccing one for Boom / Bust. Fulminator Mage can't be re-cast with Goblin Dark-Dwellers.

CommanderNeyo on Gruul Land Destruction

2 months ago

Also, some other cards to consider:

Boom / Bust costs you a land early, but you are set up to overcome the loss.

Fulminator Mage can attack, and destroy a land when you need to.

Cryoclasm and Peak Eruption as sideboard options for their respective matchups.

Last_Laugh on fart tribal

2 years ago

Boom / Bust... was it a fart or a shart?

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (Primer + SB Guide)

2 years ago

I mean Bring to Light can also hit cards like Valki, God of Lies  ^Flip, Mila, Crafty Companion  ^Flip and Extus, Oriq Overlord  ^Flip and play their flip sides, or even something like the bust side of Boom / Bust, but I want the card to be playable on its own as well (I don't want to regret drawing it). The closest I can think of in that aspect is Crime / Punishment, but I can't really guarantee I can hit anything with the crime side of the card when I need to. The punishment side of that card makes it playable on its own as a targeted wipe, similar to Engineered Explosives.

StoryArcher on Lantern Control with Land Destruction

2 years ago

nbarry223

Boom / Bust, Stone Rain, Pillage etc., possibly combined with Blood Moon or Trinisphere to clear out their mana sources early, and then selectively milling out land draws with Lantern & Codex once you get them into play.

shadow63

It literally only does one thing.

Here's one (rough) mono-red example:

Land Shredder

Megalomania on

3 years ago

Armageddon and Boom / Bust fits the theme. I'm surprised either one did not make it to the list.

Mousemke on Imperial Taxation

3 years ago

shadeslayerx22good call with the Flagstones of Trokair - I have 1, will throw it in, and will find another. Great interaction with Boom / Bust, though Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire only cares about creatures. The Arid Mesa is for the 2 Sacred Foundrys I just added today. Still finding a balance in the lands