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◇ Catalog #41

Burst Lightning

soa·#41·uncommon·showcase

Illus. Eleonor Piteira

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Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.25+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.26 · low $0.24

NM$0.25

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$0.23–$0.26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.39low $0.01range 3800.0%n 79

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,326 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$0.25

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.

"May the storm yield only when your last enemy has fallen." —*Otarian Battle Cries*

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

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $0.39 across 79 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 #41 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 Eleonor Piteira. Rarix catalogs 4 other cards credited to this artist.