Galvanic Blast
Instant
Galvanic Blast deals 2 damage to any target.
Metalcraft — Galvanic Blast deals 4 damage instead if you control three or more artifacts.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $2.11
- EDHREC rank
- #4899
Galvanic Blast hits for 4 damage at instant speed when metalcraft is online — that's Lightning Bolt range for one mana, which makes it one of the most efficient red removal spells available to artifact-heavy decks. Iron Man, Titan of Innovation typically has metalcraft active by turn two or three, meaning this almost always resolves as the full four.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Iron Man, Titan of Innovation
Iron Man, Titan of Innovation runs enough artifacts to guarantee metalcraft within the first few turns, so Galvanic Blast reliably threatens four damage for one mana — clean removal that doubles as a reach spell when the board is clear.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Magda, Brazen Outlaw generates Treasure tokens through her tap effect, and those artifacts push metalcraft online fast enough that Galvanic Blast consistently deals four rather than two — fitting removal for a deck that already runs dense artifact support.
Myra the Magnificent
Myra the Magnificent cares about instant and sorcery variety, so Galvanic Blast earns its slot both as a removal spell and as a cheap cantrip target for her spellslinger payoffs — the metalcraft bonus is a secondary benefit rather than the primary reason to include it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Galvanic Blast is a role-player rather than a staple — four damage doesn't reliably kill commanders, but in artifact-heavy decks it punches above its cost and doubles as reach to close games. In Pauper, it's a genuine pillar: metalcraft is trivially easy to achieve in artifact synergy shells, and a one-mana deal-four at instant speed is among the strongest removal spells in the format. Modern sees it as a fringe inclusion behind Lightning Bolt and Unholy Heat in most lists, though Affinity-adjacent strategies have used it as supplemental removal. Legacy and Vintage have no shortage of better options, so Galvanic Blast rarely sees play there outside of budget builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.11 cheap tier
At $2.11, Galvanic Blast sits in the cheap tier — easy to pick up without thinking twice. It's a utility spell rather than a chase card, so the price is unlikely to move dramatically in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.