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"Find me cards equivalent to: Ill-Timed Explosion"

Similar cards to Ill-Timed Explosion (Sorcery, Red/Blue, card draw, discard, damage) include:

  • Thrill of Possibility (1R, draw 2 cards, instant, discard effect)
  • Faithless Looting (R, draw 2, discard 2)
  • Big Score (3R, instant, draw & discard for treasures)
  • Saheeli's Artistry (4UU, not damage, but blue-red draw/copy theme)

None are exact equivalents, as the unique “X damage based on mana value discarded” effect is rare. All listed cards share Red and/or Blue color and similar draw-discard mechanics, like Ill-Timed Explosion.

Found Cards

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Big Score

Faithless Looting

Ill-Timed Explosion

Saheeli's Artistry

Thrill of Possibility

Big Score #7076 Instant

Variations: v1 v2 v3
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Treasure

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD
    Tcgplayer / 1.92 USD 1.5 USD
    Manapool / 1.66 USD 1.4 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,discarda card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with ",Sacrificethis token: Add one mana of any color.")

    Faithless Looting #128 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    Rules

  • You draw two cards and discard two cards all while Faithless Looting is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

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    Manapool / 1.04 USD 0.43 USD
    Cardkingdom / 1.49 USD 0.99 USD
    Cardmarket 0.36 EUR / 0.9 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 1.03 USD 0.36 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Draw two cards, thendiscardtwo cards. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Ill-Timed Explosion #207 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

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

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    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD / 1.49 USD
    Manapool / 0.21 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.38 USD 0.29 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.33 EUR 0.31 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Draw two cards. Then you maydiscardtwo 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.

    Saheeli's Artistry #62s Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Copy

    Rules

  • Any abilities that trigger during the resolution of Saheeli's Artistry will wait to be put onto the stack until Saheeli's Artistry finishes resolving. An ability that triggers on the first token entering the battlefield may target the second token and vice versa.
  • Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any “as [this permanent] enters the battlefield” or “[this permanent] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.
  • If the copied permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If the copied permanent is a token, the token created with Saheeli's Artistry copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that that created that token.
  • If the copied permanent is copying something else (for example, if the copied permanent is an Altered Ego), then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that permanent copied.
  • If you choose both modes, the tokens enter one at a time. Thus, if the token created by the second mode has an ability that triggers “whenever an artifact enters the battlefield,” the token created by the first mode will already be on the battlefield and won't cause that ability to trigger.
  • If you choose both modes, you may target a single artifact creature twice and get two copies of that artifact creature.
  • If you chose the second mode, the token is an artifact in addition to its other types. This is a copiable value of the token that other effects may copy.
  • The token copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing else (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD
    Manapool 0.3 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.32 USD
    Cardmarket 0.28 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Choose one or both — • Create a token that's a copy of target artifact. • Create a token that's a copy of target creature, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

    Thrill of Possibility #28 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • You must discard exactly one card to cast Thrill of Possibility; you can't cast it without discarding a card, and you can't discard additional cards.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,discarda card. Draw two cards.