Blast of Genius
Ultimate Masters (UMA) #197 · Uncommon · Sorcery
Mana cost: {4}{U}{R}
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.
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Illustrated by Terese Nielsen · Released December 7, 2018
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.06 USD · €0.11 EUR
- Foil: $0.38 USD · €0.27 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: no net change at $0.06 USD; low $0.06 USD, high $0.07 USD.
Printings
- Magic Online Promos #95475 (PRM) · Rare · 2022
- Ultimate Masters #197 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2018 · $0.06 USD
- Dragon's Maze #55 (DGM) · Uncommon · 2013 · $0.14 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2018-12-07 · wotc — 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.
- 2018-12-07 · wotc — If a discarded card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.