
Card text
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
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Mana cost
{R}
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Card text
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt (208) is a Red Instant from Fourth Edition (4ED). It costs {R} and has mana value 1. It is printed at Common rarity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander and 4 more formats.
Fourth Edition is a core set, released April 1995. Lightning Bolt has 20 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Card details
- Card number
- 208
- Set
- Fourth Edition (4ED)
- Set type
- Core set
- Released
- 3 April 1995
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Red
- Colour identity
- Red
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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