USD
$1.99
EUR
€0.26
Spell Blast
Instant
Counter target spell with mana value X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is 
, X is 5.)
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB #103)
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana value
- 1
- Released
- 1995-04-01
- Artist
- Brian Snõddy
- EDHREC rank
- #20,034
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.24
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Legal
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2013-07-01
Alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, and cost reductions don't affect a spell's mana value.
- 2013-07-01
If the target spell has
in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the value of the in Spell Blast's mana cost. For example, if you wish to counter Volcanic Geyser (a spell with mana cost 
) whose X is 7, you'll need to choose 9 for Spell Blast's X and pay 
.