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◇ Catalog #3

Arc Lightning

pal02·#3·rare·foil

Illus. Andrew Goldhawk

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Jan '02

24 yr ago

Value

$12.68+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $12 · low $11

NM$11.7

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$11–$12modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $12low $4.45range 162.5%n 43

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,043 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$12

Gameplay

Sorcery

Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.

"It is vain to look for a defense against lightning." —Publius Syrus, Maxim 835, trans. Lyman

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2014-09-20wotc

You choose how many targets Arc Lightning has and how the damage is divided as you cast the spell. Each target must receive at least 1 damage.

2014-09-20wotc

If some of the creatures are illegal targets as Arc Lightning tries to resolve, the original division of damage still applies but no damage is dealt to the illegal targets. If all targets are illegal, Arc Lightning doesn’t resolve.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $11.68. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $4.45 and $11.68 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PAL02 — the lineup includes Foil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #3 of *Arena League 2002*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2002 Arena League 2002 release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,043 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Andrew Goldhawk. Rarix catalogs 102 other cards credited to this artist.