Heated Debate
Instant
STXStrixhaven: School of Mages#106common
Foil
"While you were wasting time with abstract equations, I mastered ancient Oggyar fire magic. Your move."
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 525
- Illustrator
- Bayard Wu
- Found in
- Strixhaven School of Mages MTGO Redemption Foil · Strixhaven School of Mages MTGO Redemption · 7 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)
Heated Debate deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Plays as: Can't Be Countered · Protection Spell · Burn · Planeswalker Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.15
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.11
$0.01 low-$0.07 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
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Nonfoil
$0.15as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.15L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
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Foil
$0.11as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.19L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
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Cheapest playable copy$0.11· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Apr 16, 2021 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 16, 2021
If Heated Debate’s target is illegal (perhaps because it gained protection from red in response) when it tries to resolve, it will be removed from the stack and no damage will be dealt.