Falling Star
Falling Star: Sorcery, Legends. Flip Falling Star onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Legends (LEG)
- Released
- 1994-06-01
- Collector number
- 145
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Falling Star
Falling Star is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Legends (LEG), an expansion set released in June 1994. It is collector number 145 in that set, with art by Douglas Shuler. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Old School. It is banned in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Legends is its only printing so far. It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $154.90 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flip Falling Star onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot. Falling Star deals 3 damage to each creature it lands on. Tap all creatures dealt damage by Falling Star. If Falling Star doesn't turn completely over at least once during the flip, it has no effect.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $154.90 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Falling Star by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Banned |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Banned |
| Old School | Legal |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Banned |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Falling Star, newest first.
- Only cards touched when it stops moving are affected. Not ones touched while it is moving.
- It must flip like a coin and not like a Frisbee.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
Mentioned in these guides
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