MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #36116

Arc Lightning

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#36116·common·foil

Illus. Andrew Goldhawk

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,043 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil

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

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 #36116 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the October 2014 Magic Online release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. 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.