Blast of Genius
Dragon's Maze 55 • uncommon
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Collector number
- 55
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
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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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Blast of Genius was released in 2013 as part of the Dragon's Maze expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set served as the climactic conclusion to the Return to Ravnica block, centered on the completion of a secret maze beneath the city-world of Ravnica. The card was designed to embody the chaotic and high-stakes nature of the Izzet League, a guild known for its reckless experimentation and mastery of elemental magic.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Dan Scott, who sought to capture the visceral intensity of an Izzet experiment gone slightly awry. The artwork depicts a spellcaster channeling volatile energy, reflecting the card's mechanical function of discarding a card to deal damage based on that card's converted mana cost. Upon its release, it was noted by players as a flavorful, high-variance inclusion for casual formats, favoring big-mana strategies that mirrored the guild's penchant for explosive displays of power.
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