wotc
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #171
Burst Lightning
soa·#171·uncommon·showcase·JA
Illus. NekoshowguN
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Apr '26
3 mo ago
Value
$12.59+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $12 · low $11
NM$11.6
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$11–$12modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $13low $7.59range 73.9%n 51
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #6,326 · Niche pick
Variants
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.
「最後の敵が斃れしとき、嵐が跪かんことを。」
――「オタリア人の喊声」
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
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.
wotc
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
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $11.59. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $7.59 and $13.20 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOA — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #171 of *Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive release.
Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. 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 NekoshowguN. Rarix catalogs 2 other cards credited to this artist.
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