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Ill-Timed Explosion

two generic manaone blue manaone red manaSorcery

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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.

Only too late did the Agency custodians realize the device had not been inactive—it was just waiting for the right trigger.

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0.34 $

Foil 0.38 $

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Ill-Timed Explosion rulings

  • If a card discarded this way has X generic mana in its mana cost, X is 0.

Ill-Timed Explosion format legality

Constructed

  • StandardLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • Future StandardLegal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulLegal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • BrawlLegal
  • Standard BrawlLegal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal

Other

  • TLRNot legal

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