MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #197

Blast of Genius

uma·#197·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Terese Nielsen

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '18

7 yr ago

Value

$0.10+$0 (+11.1%)

30 days high $0.10 · low $0.09

Volatility · moderate

USD$0.10EUR€0.13TIX0.05 tix

NM$0.10

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.09–$0.10

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.10low $0.05range 100.0%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,423 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.28

Nonfoil$0.10

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.

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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

Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $0.10, up from $0.09 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.05 and $0.10 across 50 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from UMA — 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 #197 of *Ultimate Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2018 Ultimate Masters release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. 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 Terese Nielsen. Rarix catalogs 617 other cards credited to this artist.