Violent Echoes
New in Reality Fracture (FRA), released October 2, 2026.
Violent Echoes: Instant, Reality Fracture. Violent Echoes deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Reality Fracture (FRA)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 95
- Artist
- Andrea Piparo
- Keywords
- Surveil, Empower Jace
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About Violent Echoes
Violent Echoes is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red instant from Reality Fracture (FRA), an expansion set released in October 2026. It is collector number 95 in that set, with art by Andrea Piparo. It costs {2}{R}{R} (two generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Reality Fracture is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Violent Echoes deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If excess damage was dealt to that permanent this way, empower Jace X, where X is that excess damage. (Put that many loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")
Two Multiverses. Only one future.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Violent Echoes by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Violent Echoes, newest first.
- To empower Jace N, if you don't control a Jace planeswalker token, create a blue Jace planeswalker token with 0 loyalty, "[−1]: Surveil 1," and "[−3]: Draw a card." Choose a Jace planeswalker token you control. Put N loyalty counters on it.
- If you control a Jace planeswalker token, you can't choose to create a new one when you empower Jace. You have to put the loyalty counters on your existing Jace planeswalker token. In the rare case that you control multiple Jace planeswalker tokens, you'll choose one of those tokens to put the loyalty counters on.
- For a planeswalker, excess damage means damage in excess of the planeswalker's loyalty (the number of loyalty counters it has on it).
- Some spells and abilities that empower Jace may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't empower Jace.
- Empower Jace won't let you put loyalty counters on nontoken Jace planeswalkers. However, if you control a Jace planeswalker token that you got another way (such as an effect that creates a token that's a copy of a permanent), empower Jace will put loyalty counters on that.
- Excess damage has been dealt to a creature if the damage dealt to it is greater than lethal damage. Usually, this means damage greater than its toughness, although damage already marked on the creature is taken into account.
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