Blast of Genius

Dragon's Maze · #55 · uncommon · EN

€0.05 · Foil $0.25

cheapest of 53 store offers · see all

market $0.14 · Foil $0.41

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

Type: Sorcery

Commonly played as: Removal, Draw, Burn

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.

Artist: Terese Nielsen

Released: 2013-05-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.14
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.41
  • Cardmarket: €0.05
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.28
  • MTGO tix: 0.03
$0.41$0.06
236 days of daily prices for Blast of Genius: $0.08 to $0.14
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 236 days tracked · $0.08 → $0.14 (+75%) · low $0.06 · high $0.41
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Dragon's Maze #55) in 10 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.05today
McNabb GamesSP · yesterdaySPregular$0.10yesterday
CardTraderMP · yesterdayMPregular€0.11yesterday
CardTraderSP · yesterdaySPregular€0.11yesterday
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
CardTraderNM · yesterdayNMregular€0.14yesterday
401 GamesMP · todayMPregularCA$0.26today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.25today
ManaPoolDM · foil · todayDMfoil$0.25today
First PlayerMP · foil · 2 days agoMPfoilCA$0.382 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.28today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.28today
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$0.30today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.28today
CardTraderSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoil€0.33yesterday
CardTraderDM · foil · yesterdayDMfoil€0.34yesterday
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.38today
The Comic HunterNM · foil · 2 days agoNMfoilCA$0.592 days ago
401 GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$0.68today
CardTraderHP · yesterdayHPregular€0.46yesterday
CardTraderMP · foil · yesterdayMPfoil€0.70yesterday

Truncated: 30 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 53 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 31 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 66 copies tracked

All printings of Blast of Genius

USD · low $0.07 · high $0.14

Set#RarityUSD
Magic Online Promos#95475 · rare95475rare—
Ultimate Masters#197 · uncommon197uncommon$0.07
Dragon's Maze#55 · uncommon55uncommon$0.14