Overload
Mana cost {R}.
Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.)
Destroy target artifact if its mana value is 2 or less. If this spell was kicked, destroy that artifact if its mana value is 5 or less instead.
Overload is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Invasion printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€1.76) · TCGplayer ($0.75) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €1.57 and €2.34 in that time.
How often Overload is played
Overload is kept in 12 sideboards (9%); used by 3 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 66 decks that can cast red cards, 12 of them play it (18%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Sideboard plans with Overload
- Sligh vs. Stiflenought. In: all three Overload, Mogg Salvage, Pyroblast, Red Elemental Blast and Pyrostatic Pillar. Overload destroys a resolved Dreadnought or Powder Keg for one mana, and Mogg Salvage does the same for free while they control an Island and you a Mountain.
- Sligh vs. Landstill, Psychatog and Stasis. Against Psychatog also an Overload for Powder Keg or Ivory Tower; out: both Goblin Patrol, Reckless Abandon and a Jackal Pup. Against Stasis also two Overload and Mogg Salvage for Black Vise and Cursed Totem; out: both Goblin Patrol, three Ball Lightning and Reckless Abandon, since {R}{R}{R} is hard to find under the lock.
- Sligh vs. Mono Black, Pit Rack and The Rock. Against Mono Black, in: two Overload and the third Cursed Scroll; out: both Goblin Patrol and Reckless Abandon. Overload destroys their Cursed Scroll for one mana, and your own Scroll keeps dealing damage in the late game. Against Pit Rack, in: all three Overload; out: the same three cards, since Overload destroys The Rack and Cursed Scroll.
- Sligh vs. Oath of Druids, Terrageddon, MUD and Fluctuator. Against Oath of Druids, Terrageddon and Fluctuator, in: two Overload and Price of Progress; out: both Goblin Patrol and Reckless Abandon. Overload destroys Mox Diamond, Sphere of Resistance, Cursed Totem, Zuran Orb and Fluctuator, Price of Progress punishes 21 to 25 nonbasic lands, and against Oath two fewer creatures make it easier to keep their Oath from triggering. Against MUD, in: all three Overload, Mogg Salvage and Price of Progress; out: all four Ball Lightning and Reckless Abandon, since Ensnaring Bridge stops Ball Lightning. Overload destroys an artifact with mana value 2 or less for one mana, or 5 or less when kicked: Winter Orb, Sphere of Resistance (two mana while a Sphere is out), Ensnaring Bridge and Crumbling Sanctuary.
- Sligh vs. The Black Vise build. Nick Moran's 15 from the BCDL Open 5: four Pyroblast, four Overload, three Earthquake, two Price of Progress and two Anarchy. Against Landstill also both Anarchy for two Mogg Fanatic, against The Solution both Anarchy for both Price of Progress, and against Stasis two Overload for Black Vise and Cursed Totem, with both Cursed Scroll going out, since paying {3} each turn is hard under the lock. Against Stiflenought, in: all four Pyroblast and all four Overload; out: all four Seal of Fire, both Price of Progress, which does nothing against Islands, and both Cursed Scroll. Against MUD, in: all four Overload; out: all four Black Vise. Against Oath of Druids, Terrageddon and Fluctuator, in: two Overload and both Price of Progress; out: two Black Vise and two Seal of Fire. Against Mono Black and Pit Rack, in: two Overload; out: two Black Vise.
- Goblins vs. Mono-red lists. Neal Sacks' 15 from the ELD Open: a second Goblin Goon, two Anarchy, Mogg Salvage, two Overload, three Pyrokinesis, three Red Elemental Blast and three Tormod's Crypt; his main deck has Goblin Goon, Skirk Prospector and a second Goblin Tinkerer instead of the green cards. Against Stiflenought and Stasis, in: the three Blasts, both Overload and Mogg Salvage; out: three Gempalm Incinerator, Goblin Sharpshooter and, against Stiflenought, Skirk Prospector and a Siege-Gang Commander, against Stasis two Siege-Gang Commander. Overload destroys Phyrexian Dreadnought, Powder Keg, Black Vise and Cursed Totem for one mana, and Mogg Salvage is free against their Islands unless Chill adds {2}. Against Pit Rack, in: Goblin Goon and both Overload for The Rack and Cursed Scroll; out: Skirk Prospector and two Siege-Gang Commander. Against Contamination, in: both Overload for Powder Keg and Phyrexian Furnace; out: two Siege-Gang Commander. Against Oath of Druids, in: both Overload for Sphere of Resistance and Cursed Totem; out: Goblin Sharpshooter and a Gempalm Incinerator. Against MUD, in: both Overload and Mogg Salvage, which costs three mana there; out: two Siege-Gang Commander and Skirk Prospector. Against Fluctuator, in: both Overload and the three Crypts; out: three Gempalm Incinerator, Goblin Sharpshooter and a Siege-Gang Commander. Against Turbo Lands, in: both Overload, kicked against Horn of Greed; out: Goblin Sharpshooter and a Gempalm Incinerator.
- RG Zoo vs. Stiflenought and MUD. Crumble is in about one sideboard in five and Overload in about one in ten. Overload destroys an artifact with mana value 2 or less, or 5 or less when kicked: Phyrexian Dreadnought, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance and Winter Orb, or kicked, Tangle Wire.
Tournament decks with Overload
- Rakdos Goblins: 1st Place at Side Event - Czech Nationals (1× sideboard)
- Burn: 3rd Place at Bolt the Bird (2× sideboard)
- Rogue: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (1× sideboard)
- Goblins: 3rd Place at Midwest Championship Open (2× sideboard)
- Minotaurs: 2nd Place at Adriatic Pile - 3° Tappa (2× sideboard)
- Sligh: 1st Place at BCDL Open 5 @ The Warp Gate (4× sideboard)
- Ponza Red: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× sideboard)
- Pillar Burn: 5th Place at FNM Lair EDITION (4× sideboard)
- Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (2× sideboard)
- Mono Red Burn: 1st Place at The Old Skull La Plata (1× sideboard)
- Covetous Control: 6th Place at LWPP Maio/2026 Top8 (1× sideboard)
- Mono R Ponza: 1st Place at Chile Premier League – May 2026 (3× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Overload
- Minotaurs (2×)
