Card text
Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.)
Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.
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Mana cost
{R}
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Card text
Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.)
Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
About Burst Lightning
This page covers the borderless printing of Burst Lightning (41), an Red Instant from Secrets of Strixhaven: Mystical Archive (SOA). It is printed at Uncommon rarity. The one keyword in its text is Kicker. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 8 more formats.
We track no other printing of 41 in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.
Secrets of Strixhaven: Mystical Archive is a reprint set, which collects earlier cards, released April 2026. Burst Lightning has 5 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.
Card details
- Card number
- 41
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven: Mystical Archive (SOA)
- Set type
- Masters & special set
- Released
- 24 April 2026
- Rarity
- Uncommon (U)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Red
- Colour identity
- Red
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Burst Lightning
Other printings of Burst Lightning in Secrets of Strixhaven: Mystical Archive
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Burst Lightning in other sets
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