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Ill-Timed Explosion
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Murders at Karlov Manor PromosPMKM · #207s
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 0.66 € · ★ 0.54 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Blue Red
Card text
Draw two cards. Then you may discard two cards. When you do, Ill-Timed Explosion deals X damage to each creature, where X is the greatest mana value among cards discarded this way.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Aaron J. Riley
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-02-09
Flavour text
Only too late did the Agency custodians realize the device had not been inactive—it was just waiting for the right trigger.
Rulings
If a card discarded this way has in its mana cost, X is 0.
