MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #95475

Blast of Genius

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#95475·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Svetlin Velinov

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '22

4 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,423 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.03

Nonfoil$0.03

Gameplay

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

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2018-12-07wotc

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.

2018-12-07wotc

If a discarded card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #95475 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the April 2022 Magic Online release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{U}{R} (6 converted).

Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,423 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov. Rarix catalogs 1,535 other cards credited to this artist.