Printings
Blast of Genius
Card Information
Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Ultimate Masters (UMA)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 197
Oracle 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 Legalities
Card Rulings
- December 7, 2018
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.
Source: wotc - December 7, 2018
If a discarded card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Source: wotc
Price History
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