---
name: "Blue Elemental Blast"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "3ED"
set_name: "Revised Edition"
collector_number: "49"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Richard Thomas"
oracle_id: "65e1558c-6b09-4ddc-b520-f19f4fb972af"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blue-elemental-blast-3ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blue Elemental Blast
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Counter target red spell.
• Destroy target red permanent.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hydroblast](/printing/hydroblast-wc97.md) — Instant
2. [Red Elemental Blast](/printing/red-elemental-blast-30a.md) — Instant
3. [Douse](/printing/douse-usg.md) — Enchantment
4. [Pyroblast](/printing/pyroblast-wc97.md) — Instant
5. [Flashfreeze](/printing/flashfreeze-m10.md) — Instant
6. [Suffocating Blast](/printing/suffocating-blast-apc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Revised Edition (3ED) #49
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Richard Thomas
- **Total Printings:** 37 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`