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Ill-Timed Explosion

First printed in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024)

All 4 prints

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  • Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #207, 2024
  • Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #416, 2024
  • Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #207p, 2024
  • Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #207s, 2024

Ill-Timed Explosion

Sorcery

Draw two cards. Then you may discard two cards. When you do, Ill-Timed Explosion deals X damage to each creature, where X is the greatest mana value among cards discarded this way.

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 1.5% of Standard decks played it (22 of 1483). Most played in UR (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.1% of Legacy decks played it (1 of 1226). Most played in Sneak and Show.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), Premier Draft 60.7% +5.7 +9.1 19424
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), Sealed 57.5% +3.0 +5.1 800
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

  • Standard Legal
  • Pioneer Legal
  • Modern Legal
  • Legacy Legal
  • Vintage Legal
  • Pauper Not legal
  • Future Standard Legal
  • Historic Legal
  • Timeless Legal
  • Alchemy Not legal
  • Penny Dreadful Legal
  • Premodern Not legal
  • Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

  • Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

  • Commander Legal
  • Duel Commander Legal
  • Pauper Commander Not legal
  • PreDH Not legal
  • Tiny Leaders Not legal
  • Oathbreaker Legal
  • Brawl Legal
  • Standard Brawl Legal
  • Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 22 of 1483 decks (1.5%).

Share of decks
1.5%
▼ 1.6 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 4.1% 2026-08-13: 3.5% 2026-08-20: 1.7% 2026-08-27: 1.6% 2026-09-03: 8.0% 2026-09-10: 1.6% 2026-09-17: 1.4% 2026-09-24: 2.0% 2026-10-01: 1.2% 2026-10-08: 0.7% 2026-10-15: 1.4% 2026-10-22: 2.5%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
22
9 main, 20 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.6
in the main deck
Win rate
57%
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UR (unclassified) 9.5% 6%
WUBR (unclassified) 3.7% 2%
UBR (unclassified) 2.2% 13%
UBRG (unclassified) 1.6% 4%
URG (unclassified) 1.0% 40%
WURG (unclassified) 0.3% 50%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Steam Vents100%5.5
Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound89%65.9
Winternight Stories89%8.1
Cavern of Souls89%4.4
Starting Town89%2.9
Kavaron, Memorial World78%128.2
Kona, Rescue Beastie78%76.9
Omniscience78%76.9
Uthros, Titanic Godcore78%64.1
Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch78%60.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
URG
Nema33 in Standard Challenge 16		 4-2
67%
UR
duanceyao in Standard Challenge 32		 4-2
67%
URG
Jonii in Standard Challenge 32		 4-2
67%
URG
Jonii in Standard Challenge 16		 3-2
60%
WURG
giraffesarentreal in Standard Challenge 32		 4-3
57%
UR
CuruniLauro in Standard Challenge 32		 3-3
50%
UR
MAFS in Standard Challenge 32		 3-3
50%
UR
TooPoorToPlay in Standard Challenge 32		 2-3
40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UR
Darth_Vaner, 		1 side #27
0-2
WUBR
Arena ranked player, 		2 side
URG
Nema33, 		1 main #13
4-2
URG
M2R, 		2 main
1 side		 #30
1-3
UBR
Josh Moscoe, 		1 side #61
UBR
Raphaël Lévy, 		1 side #80
UBR
Kyle Morgan, 		1 side #90
UR
Xiaoyu Guo, 		1 side #111

Legacy Other periods →

In 1 of 1226 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks
0.1%
▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 0.0% 2026-08-13: 0.0% 2026-08-20: 0.0% 2026-08-27: 0.0% 2026-09-03: 0.0% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.0% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.0% 2026-10-08: 0.0% 2026-10-15: 0.4% 2026-10-22: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
0 main, 1 sideboard
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
40%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Sneak and Show 3.5% 2%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Sneak and Show
tao_bye_bye in Legacy Challenge 32		 2-3
40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Sneak and Show
tao_bye_bye, 		1 side #21
2-3

Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.2% 2026-08-27: 0.1% 2026-09-03: 0.1% 2026-09-10: 0.1% 2026-09-17: 0.1% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.1% 2026-10-08: 0.1% 2026-10-15: 0.0% 2026-10-22: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
2
2 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
40%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Ashling, the Limitless 0.1% 14%
Eshki Dragonclaw 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Ashling, the Limitless
Chua yee Soong in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K		 2-3
40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Eshki Dragonclaw
Víctor Molina Palomares, 		1 main #20
0-2
Ashling, the Limitless
Chua yee Soong, 		1 main #27
2-3

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Vintage, Duel Commander.