Delayed Blast Fireball
Delayed Blast Fireball: Instant, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 676
- Artist
- Andreas Zafiratos
- Commander rank
- 1,385 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Foretell
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About Delayed Blast Fireball
Delayed Blast Fireball is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red instant from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 676 in that set, with art by Andreas Zafiratos. It costs {1}{R}{R} (one generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $16.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Delayed Blast Fireball deals 2 damage to each opponent and each creature they control. If this spell was cast from exile, it deals 5 damage to each opponent and each creature they control instead.
Foretell {4}{R}{R} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $16.34 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Delayed Blast Fireball by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Delayed Blast Fireball
Delayed Blast Fireball has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2847 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1824 | Rare | 2024 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #630 | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Delayed Blast Fireball, newest first.
- Because exiling a card with foretell from your hand is a special action, you can do so any time you have priority during your turn, including in response to spells and abilities. Once you announce you're taking the action, no other player can respond by trying to remove the card from your hand.
- Delayed Blast Fireball deals 5 damage if it was cast from exile for any reason; it doesn't have to be from its foretell ability.
- If you're casting a foretold card from exile for its foretell cost, you can't choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
- Casting a foretold card from exile follows the timing rules for that card. If you foretell an instant card, you can cast it as soon as the next player's turn. In most cases, if you foretell a card that isn't an instant (or doesn't have flash), you'll have to wait until your next turn to cast it.
Similar cards
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