Card

Blast of Genius

Sorcery


Choose target creature or player. Draw three cards, then discard a card. Blast of Genius deals damage equal to the discarded card's converted mana cost to that creature or player.

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  Dragon's Maze (DGM)
#55, Uncommon

Illustrated by: Terese Nielsen
Multiverse ID: 368985

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Historic Brawl
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2013-04-15
    If you discard a card with in its mana cost, the value of X is zero.
  • 2013-04-15
    If you discard a split card, its converted mana cost is determined by the combined mana costs of its two halves.
  • 2013-04-15
    You choose the target creature or player as part of casting the spell. If that creature or player is an illegal target when Blast of Genius tries to resolve, it will be countered and none of its effects will happen. You won't draw or discard any cards.
PRINTS USD EUR Tix
$0.25 €0.16 0.05
$0.20 €0.05 0.03
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