Ill-Timed Explosion
Sorcery
MKMMurders at Karlov Manor#207rare
Foil
Only too late did the Agency custodians realize the device had not been inactive—it was just waiting for the right trigger.
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 533
- Illustrator
- Aaron J. Riley
- Found in
- Murders at Karlov Manor MTGO Redemption · Murders at Karlov Manor MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.
Plays as: Card Draw · Board Wipe
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+6.5%
$0.33
$0.12 low$0.07 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.38
$0.20 low$0.05 gap
Finish
Market
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.33as of 2026-07-12
+6.5%
H $1.03L $0.12since Feb 2024$0.12
$0.05
$0.07+58% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.38as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.77L $0.19since Feb 2024$0.20
$0.15
$0.05+25% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.30· across 4 printings
Rulings
1 · latest Feb 2, 2024 · one tap opens all
- WotCFeb 2, 2024
If a card discarded this way has
in its mana cost, X is 0.