TYPE
Sorcery

ABILITY
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.

FLAVOR TEXT
Ral Zarek's brainstorms bring actual thunder and lightning.

ILLUSTRATOR
Terese Nielsen

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
EN JP

RULINGS

• 2018-12-07 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.
• 2018-12-07 If a discarded card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.