Blooming Blast
Instant
Gift a Treasure (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Treasure token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Blooming Blast deals 2 damage to target creature. If the gift was promised, Blooming Blast also deals 3 damage to that creature's controller.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #14592
Blooming Blast deals damage to a target and puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control — two effects on one card, but neither is strong enough to justify the slot on its own. It's a role-player only in decks that explicitly reward both halves, not a general-purpose inclusion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Blooming Blast earns a slot only when the deck cares about both dealing non-combat damage and distributing +1/+1 counters — think Hamza, Guardian of Arashin or Animar, Soul of Elements shells where every counter matters. Outside that narrow context, it loses to direct removal that doesn't ask you to split attention between two mediocre payoffs. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, Blooming Blast is too low-impact to compete; burn spells at this mana cost need to close games, not grow a creature. Standard may find it fringe-playable in a synergy shell, but it will rotate before establishing a real presence.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Blooming Blast is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow applicability rather than any hidden demand. It will stay in this tier unless a future commander or mechanic creates a breakout home for the dual-effect package.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.