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CardName: Surge of Radiance Cost: 2w Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Target creature you control gains indestructible and protection from creatures until end of turn. All damage that would be dealt to you and creatures you control this turn is dealt to that creature instead. Flavour Text: "It was like a fountain of light, like the sun itself burst from you, Kaladin." —Moash Set/Rarity: The Way of Kings Rare

Surge of Radiance

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Target creature you control gains indestructible and protection from creatures until end of turn. All damage that would be dealt to you and creatures you control this turn is dealt to that creature instead.

"It was like a fountain of light, like the sun itself burst from you, Kaladin."
—Moash

Updated on 07 Aug 2016 by Samuel

Code: RW06

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2016-04-30 18:36:37: Glamdring804 created the card Surge of Radiance

2016-04-30 18:37:29: Glamdring804 edited Surge of Radiance

by Glamdring804:

Does it need balancing?

2016-04-30 18:38:18: Glamdring804 edited Surge of Radiance

2016-04-30 20:51:52: Samuel edited Surge of Radiance:

4/30/16: Dome damage now covered too for balance.

by dude1818:

How is this different than just preventing the damage?

by Vitenka (unsigned):

Because target creature is Stuffy Doll?

by Samuel:

That, and flavor. And the indestructible has its own use as well: If you swing into an ambush and a doom blade, preventing the damage helps some, but this gets you out of the whole mess.

by Glamdring804:

Exactly. This is a little more complicated for mainly flavor reasons, but also has some mechanical consequences as well. What if, for example, your opponent is running a poison deck? Those -1/-1 counters still land on the chosen creature.

by dude1818:

Indestructible and fog are a fine combination. Unless this set cares about e.g. infect damage, I think this is an unnecessary complexity. Save it for a set where it matters.

by Glamdring804:

Nope. It absolutely doesn't work flavor-wise any other way. The damage has to be dealt to the single creature.

by Samuel:

And it's not a color bleed, Palisade Giant exists.

by Glamdring804:

I think the color bleed he is referencing is the shardblade.

2016-05-08 20:34:02: Samuel edited Surge of Radiance

2016-06-18 17:11:16: Glamdring804 edited Surge of Radiance

by Samuel:

Balance Notes: More expensive and only marginally different Safe Passage isn't where a rare wants to be, so let's boost this a bit. I'll get on that.

2016-08-07 01:39:26: Samuel edited Surge of Radiance:

8/6/16: {2} {w} {w} --> {2} {w} , combat damage to damage for balance.