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◇ Catalog #37610

Burst Lightning

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#37610·common·full_art

Illus. Jung Park

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wishlisted

Oct '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,326 · Niche pick

Variants

Full Art$0.12

Gameplay

Instant

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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2024-11-08wotc

The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

2024-11-08wotc

To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2024-11-08wotc

If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Full Art 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 #37610 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the October 2014 Magic Online release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {R} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Kicker.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #6,326 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jung Park. Rarix catalogs 370 other cards credited to this artist.