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◇ Catalog #115

Bolt Bend

war·#115·uncommon·foil

Illus. Svetlin Velinov

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May '19

7 yr ago

Value

$14.28+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $15 · low $13

NM$14.3

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$13–$15modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $15low $0.03range 48766.7%n 54

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #583 · Common include

Variants

Foil$14

Nonfoil$4.99

Gameplay

Instant

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

"Give them everything you've got . . . and some things you don't." —Ral Zarek

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 7

2024-11-08wotc

Once you've cast Bolt Bend, losing control of all creatures with power 4 or greater won't affect the spell or cause you to pay more mana.

2024-11-08wotc

Once you announce that you're casting Bolt Bend, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change whether you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

2024-11-08wotc

The single target that the target spell or ability targets doesn't have to be a creature you control with power 4 or greater.

2024-11-08

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $14.28. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $14.66 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from WAR — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil 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 #115 of *War of the Spark*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2019 War of the Spark release.

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

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

EDHrec ranks this card #583 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov. Rarix catalogs 1,535 other cards credited to this artist.