ME3 · #18
commonDIGITAL ONLY
MTG · Concept
◇ Concept · 3 printings
Lightning Blow
Instant·RESERVED LIST
3
printings
#26999
EDHREC rank
—
penny rank
Std
normal
—
in vault
—
for trade
—
wishlisted
Value
$1.0590d high · 3 printings
90-dayhigh $1.05low $0.04range 2525.0%n 47
Gameplay
Instant
Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them."
—General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDHlegal
futurenot legal
legacylegal
modernnot legal
pauperlegal
alchemynot legal
pioneernot legal
vintagelegal
historicnot legal
standardnot legal
Timelessnot legal
commanderlegal
Gladiatornot legal
Old Schoolnot legal
Premodernlegal
Oathbreakerlegal
Standard Brawlnot legal
Pauper Commanderlegal
◆ Reserved List
Context
Across the 3 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.04 to $1.05 across 47 observations.
Rarix catalogs 3 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.
Card type: Instant. Color identity: white. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper. This card concept is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint Reserved List cards, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy across every printing.
EDHrec ranks this card concept #26,999 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Harold McNeill.
All printings · 3
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Harold McNeill
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