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Hanabi Blast

Instant

Hanabi Blast deals 2 damage to any target. Return Hanabi Blast to its owner's hand, then discard a card at random.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Champions of Kamigawa
Price
$0.12
EDHREC rank
#29572
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Hanabi Blast card art
Hanabi Blast deals 2 damage to any target for two mana — passable rate — but the discard-at-random rider makes it punishing to cast more than once unless you have a way to cheat the cost. Conspiracy Theorist turns that mandatory discard into a free exile-and-cast engine, which is the only context where running Hanabi Blast multiples times becomes a feature instead of a liability.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Hanabi Blast is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any 60-card format where two mana for 2 damage with a random discard is simply outclassed. In Commander, the card exists in a narrow niche: discard-matters and spellslinger strategies that can weaponize or recur the self-discard, particularly alongside commanders that reward casting instants repeatedly from exile. Outside of those shells, a vanilla Shock with a downside doesn't earn a slot in 99-card decks either.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.12 bulk tier

At $0.12, Hanabi Blast is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than a pack of sleeves. It won't appreciate; the demand ceiling is too low and the card too situational to spike.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.