Blast of Genius

Blast of Genius

Sorcery

Mana cost: {4}{U}{R}

How we read this card

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.

on-cast — draws you 3 cards

on-cast —

on-cast — deals the discarded card's mana value damage

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, a permanent deals noncombat damage, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a permanent is dealt damage — 17 cards in the game can cause this (Blast of Genius is one).

  1. Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger — When a permanent is dealt damage thanks to Blast of Genius, Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger deals that much damage

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Blast of Genius is one).

When Blast of Genius makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Blast of Genius is one).

When Blast of Genius deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Blast of Genius is one).

When Blast of Genius makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  10. Lich's Mastery — triggers

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Blast of Genius is one).

When Blast of Genius is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  3. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  4. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Blast of Genius is one).

When Blast of Genius makes a player draw a card:

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  3. The Locust God — makes a token
  4. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  6. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  7. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  8. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  9. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Blast of Genius is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Harness the Storm — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  3. Samwise Gamgee — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  4. Bloodbond March — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — Blast of Genius fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  9. Victimize — Blast of Genius puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

435 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.