---
name: "Spell Blast"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "4BB"
set_name: "Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Brian Snõddy"
oracle_id: "04477339-7ed5-4770-9e5c-6e481ffcc858"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spell-blast-4bb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell with mana value X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is {3}{U}{U}, X is 5.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rethink](/printing/rethink-pcy.md) — Instant
2. [Counterspell](/printing/counterspell-dmr.md) — Instant
3. [Clash of Wills](/printing/clash-of-wills-f16.md) — Instant
4. [Spell Snare](/printing/spell-snare-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Disdainful Stroke](/printing/disdainful-stroke-grn.md) — Instant
6. [Mana Drain](/printing/mana-drain-prm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #103
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Brian Snõddy
- **Total Printings:** 68 across all historical editions

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