Exploding Borders
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Exploding Borders {2}{R}{G}

Sorcery · Common · Conflux · #106

Domain — Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Exploding Borders deals X damage to target player or planeswalker, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

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5 rulings from Wizards of the Coast
  1. 1 February 2009Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don't put a land card onto the battlefield.
  2. 1 February 2009You do what the spell says in order, so you'll put a new basic land card onto the battlefield before you determine the value of X.
  3. 1 February 2009Exploding Borders has only one target: the player. If that player becomes an illegal target by the time Exploding Borders would resolve, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You won't get to search for a basic land card.
  4. 18 June 2021The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. Land types other than basic land types (such as Desert) don't contribute to domain abilities.
  5. 18 June 2021Domain abilities count the number of basic land types among lands you control, not how many lands you control or how many of any type.