Blast of Genius
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Magic Online Promos #95475 (rare)
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.
Blast of Genius has 3 printings, first in Dragon's Maze (2013). EDHREC ranks it #17,288 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot decks (940 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Blast of Genius most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot: 940 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius: 23 decks
- Iceman and Firestar: 7 decks
Often played with Blast of Genius
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : If a discarded card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.