Heat Shimmer
Heat Shimmer: Sorcery, Double Masters. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Double Masters (2XM)
- Released
- 2020-08-07
- Collector number
- 130
- Artist
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Commander rank
- 3,364 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Heat Shimmer
Heat Shimmer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Double Masters (2XM), a Masters set released in August 2020. It is collector number 130 in that set, with art by Franz Vohwinkel. 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 Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to Special Guests (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.51 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Create a token that's a copy of target creature, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, exile this token."
"Better to flare out than to gutter." -Flamekin expression
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.51 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Heat Shimmer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Heat Shimmer
Heat Shimmer has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Special Guests (SPG) #137 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1957 | Rare | 2025 |
| Lorwyn (LRW) #175 | Rare | 2007 |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.