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0.03 tix
Blast of Genius
Sorcery
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.
"Knowledge is the greatest virtue—with the courage to apply it." —Rowan and Will Kenrith
- Set
- Magic Online Promos (PRM #95475)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 6
- Released
- 2022-04-17
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- EDHREC rank
- #16,955
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- 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
0.19
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
Not 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
Not legal
PreDH
Not legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2018-12-07
If a discarded card has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. - 2018-12-07
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.