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Blast of Genius
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Ultimate MastersUMA · #197
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.27 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.38 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Blue Red
Card text
Choose any target. Draw three cards, then discard a card. Blast of Genius deals damage equal to the discarded card's mana value to that permanent or player.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Terese Nielsen
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2018-12-07
Flavour text
Ral Zarek's brainstorms bring actual thunder and lightning.
Rulings
If a discarded card has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
If the target permanent or player becomes an illegal target for Blast of Genius, the spell doesn’t resolve. You don’t draw or discard any cards.
