Ill-Timed Explosion
Sorcery
PMKMMurders at Karlov Manor Promos#207prare
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
- Illustrator
- Aaron J. Riley
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 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.35
$0.25 low-$0.25 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.30
$0.29 low-$1.31 gap
Finish
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$0.35as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.48L $0.17since Apr 2024$0.25
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$0.30as of 2026-07-12
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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.