| Name | Wilt in the Heat  |
|---|---|
| Type | Instant |
| Description | This spell costs  less to cast if one or more cards left your graveyard this turn.
Wilt in the Heat deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. |
| Flavor | "'It'll be fun,' they said. 'The Fields are full of dead things,' they said." |
| Artist | Raluca Marinescu |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven #243 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Wilt in the Heat, Instant, designed by Raluca Marinescu first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven. It see play in 1 formats: Pauper.
Wilt in the Heat would fit best in a red‑white (Boros) midrange, prowess, or graveyard‑synergy deck that can reliably have cards leave its graveyard—through escape, flashback, disturb, unearth, delve, reanimation, or cards like Underworld Breach—so that it often functions as a 2‑mana spell dealing 5 damage at instant speed, which is a strong rate and the exile clause is relevant against recursive threats. However, in most formats there are generally more efficient or flexible options: Lightning Helix (cheaper and gains life), Get Lost or Prismatic Ending (broader removal in white), Abrade (artifact flexibility), Obliterating Bolt (exiles for 2 mana in red), and especially Unholy Heat (often 1 mana for 6 damage in graveyard decks) tend to be more efficient depending on the format. Because this costs four mana at baseline and requires setup to be efficient, it would likely see play only in Standard or Pioneer‑power environments where graveyard synergies are consistent and exile removal m
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