Ill-Timed Explosion

Ill-Timed Explosion

{2}{U}{R}Sorcery

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Draw two cards. Then you may discard two cards. When you do, Ill-Timed Explosion deals X damage to each creature, where X is the greatest mana value among cards discarded this way.

What it does

Tagged as Card draw · Board wipe — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Official rulings

  1. If a card discarded this way has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0. (2024-02-02)

Printings & prices

Every set Ill-Timed Explosion has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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