Red Elemental Blast
Mana cost {R}.
Choose one —
• Counter target blue spell.
• Destroy target blue permanent.
Red Elemental Blast is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Fourth Edition printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€5.65) · TCGplayer ($5.67) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €5.42 and €6.33 in that time.
How often Red Elemental Blast is played
Red Elemental Blast is kept in 29 sideboards (22%); used by 6 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 66 decks that can cast red cards, 29 of them play it (44%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Sideboard plans with Red Elemental Blast
- Sligh vs. Stiflenought. In: all three Overload, Mogg Salvage, Pyroblast, Red Elemental Blast and Pyrostatic Pillar.
- Sligh vs. Landstill, Psychatog and Stasis. Against all three, in: Pyroblast, Red Elemental Blast and Pyrostatic Pillar.
- Sligh vs. UG Madness, Replenish, Gro-a-Tog and Aluren. Against all four, in: Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast; out: both Goblin Patrol.
- Sligh vs. The Solution, Dromar Control and Tron. Against all three, in: Anarchy, Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast; out: both Goblin Patrol and Reckless Abandon.
- Goblins vs. Stiflenought, Landstill and Psychatog. Against all three, in: all four Red Elemental Blast; out: three Gempalm Incinerator and Goblin Sharpshooter, which have few targets.
- Goblins vs. Stasis. In: three Red Elemental Blast and two Tranquil Domain.
- Goblins vs. UG Madness, Gro-a-Tog, Aluren and The Solution. Against all four, in: all four Red Elemental Blast.
- Goblins vs. Dromar Control and Replenish. Against Dromar Control, in: all four Red Elemental Blast and two Tranquil Domain; out: both Naturalize, Goblin Tinkerer, Goblin Sharpshooter and two Gempalm Incinerator. Against Replenish, in: both Tormod's Crypt, two Tranquil Domain and two Red Elemental Blast; out: three Gempalm Incinerator, Goblin Sharpshooter and both Naturalize.
- 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 Replenish, in: all three Crypts, both Anarchy and a Red Elemental Blast; out: three Gempalm Incinerator, both Goblin Tinkerer and Goblin Sharpshooter.
- Terrageddon vs. Stiflenought, Landstill and Stasis. In: Red Elemental Blast, Pyroblast and two Aura of Silence.
- Terrageddon vs. Psychatog, UG Madness and graveyard decks. Red Elemental Blast and Pyroblast destroy Psychatog and counter Circular Logic, and Tormod's Crypt removes Wonder, which the Blasts cannot touch in the graveyard, or a Reanimator target.
- RG Zoo vs. Stiflenought, Landstill, Psychatog, UG Madness, Stasis, Gro-a-Tog, Tron, Rebels, The Solution, Dromar Control and Replenish. Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast, in almost every sideboard and usually two of each, counter a blue spell or destroy a blue permanent for one red mana: Counterspell, Stifle, Circular Logic, Mana Leak, Standstill, Stasis, Psychatog, Aquamoeba, Lightning Angel, Shadowmage Infiltrator or Attunement. Pyroblast can target any spell or permanent and does nothing if it is not blue; Red Elemental Blast needs a blue target.
- The Solution vs. Stiflenought, Stasis and Turbo Lands. Next to the core it plays four Lightning Bolt, three Fire // Ice, three Portent and two each of Counterspell, Mana Leak, Miscalculation, Impulse and Fact or Fiction; the sideboard is three Tormod's Crypt, two Seal of Cleansing, two Pyroclasm, two Phyrexian Furnace, Worship, Warmth, Pyroblast, Red Elemental Blast, Hydroblast and Blue Elemental Blast. Against all three, in: Pyroblast, Red Elemental Blast and both Seal of Cleansing; out: all four Lightning Bolt, which have no good target here: Phyrexian Dreadnought is too big, Stasis plays no creatures and Chill makes red spells cost two more, and Glacial Chasm prevents the damage to a Turbo Lands player.
- The Solution vs. Landstill, Tron, Aluren and MUD. Against Landstill, Tron and Aluren, in: Pyroblast, Red Elemental Blast and both Seal of Cleansing; out: two Lightning Bolt and two Portent.
- The Solution vs. Psychatog, Dromar Control, Gro-a-Tog and UG Madness. Against all four, in: Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast; out: two Portent.
- The Solution vs. Replenish and Fluctuator. Against both, in: all three Tormod's Crypt, both Seal of Cleansing, Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast; out: all four Lightning Bolt and the three Portent.
- Turbo Lands vs. Stiflenought, Psychatog, Landstill, Stasis, Replenish, UG Madness, Gro-a-Tog, Tron and Rebels. Pyroblast or Red Elemental Blast, in most sideboards, counters a blue spell or destroys a blue permanent for one red mana: Counterspell, Stasis, Psychatog or Meddling Mage.
Tournament decks with Red Elemental Blast
- Countertorch: 1st Place at Wels Card Shop (2× sideboard)
- Darigaaz Midrange: 12th Place at 2026 Nantuko League (2× sideboard)
- Fires: 7th Place at Manila Premodern Championships (2× sideboard)
- Mono Red Control: 6th Place at Geddon Gang Fall 1K (2× sideboard)
- Goblins: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern Online (2× sideboard)
- Rogue: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× sideboard)
- Broccoli Soup: 4th Place at Premodern Beijing (1× sideboard)
- Moneyball Red: 2nd Place at 2026 Nantuko League (3× sideboard)
- Angry Hermit: 5th Place at $1K @ SCG CON Dallas (1× sideboard)
- Guided Passage: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× sideboard)
- Red Broccoli Soup: 2nd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante La Casa dei Giochi (2× sideboard)
- Goblins: 3rd Place at Midwest Championship Open (3× sideboard)
- Mono Red Control: 3rd Place at Mogg Monthly: Phyrexian Colaugust (2× sideboard)
- Fires: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× sideboard)
- RW Goblins: 2nd Place at Fight Club #1 @ Barcelona (2× sideboard)
- Darigaaz Midrange Sideboard: 3rd Place at Liga Feijoada 2026 #8 (3× sideboard)
- Ponza Red: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× sideboard)
- Tropical Naught: 2nd Place at Mensual Premodern Valencia (1× sideboard)
- Pillar Burn: 5th Place at FNM Lair EDITION (2× sideboard)
- Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (1× sideboard)
- RG Goblins: 1st Place at Croatian Premodern Nationals 2026 (1× sideboard)
- Sneaky Survival: 4th Place at Urduliz Link Up (2× sideboard)
- RG Zoo: 1st Place at 4Seasons Spring Ed. Bologna (Italy) (2× sideboard)
- Mono Red Burn: 1st Place at The Old Skull La Plata (2× sideboard)
- RG Zoo: 1st Place at Retromancers' Monthly (2× sideboard)
- Covetous Control: 6th Place at LWPP Maio/2026 Top8 (2× sideboard)
- 5 Color White Weenie: 4th Place at Grand Pre Louisville (3× sideboard)
- Mono R Ponza: 1st Place at Chile Premier League – May 2026 (2× sideboard)
- The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (1× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Red Elemental Blast
- Hammer Time (2×)
- Painters (2×)
