Card 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.
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Mana cost
{4}{U}{R}
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Card 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 legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Blast of Genius
Blast of Genius (197) is a Blue and Red Sorcery from Ultimate Masters (UMA). It costs {4}{U}{R} and has mana value 6. It is printed at Uncommon rarity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage and 2 more formats.
Ultimate Masters is a reprint set, which collects earlier cards, released December 2018. Blast of Genius has 1 other card in the database, listed further down the page.
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.
Card details
- Card number
- 197
- Set
- Ultimate Masters (UMA)
- Set type
- Masters & special set
- Released
- 7 December 2018
- Rarity
- Uncommon (U)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Sorcery
- Colour
- Blue / Red
- Colour identity
- Blue / Red
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{R}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Blast of Genius
Blast of Genius in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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