MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #33440

Forked Lightning

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#33440·uncommon·foil

Illus. Ted Naifeh

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '13

13 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,918 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.05

Gameplay

Sorcery

Forked Lightning deals 4 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 1

2009-10-01wotc

You divide the damage as you cast Forked Lightning, not as it resolves. Each target you choose must be assigned at least 1 damage.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — 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 #33440 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the January 2013 Magic Online release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{R} (4 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,918 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ted Naifeh. Rarix catalogs 21 other cards credited to this artist.