Lightning Blow

set	min	mtgo
-	2.70	0.04 tix

Spoilers Random card

Name	Lightning Blow
Type	Instant
Description	Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Flavor	"If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
Artist	Harold McNeill
Set	Masters Edition III #18
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

⚠️

Tierlist

No Rank

Grade it yourself

Meta types

Draw

Legality between formats

Table of contents

About Lightning Blow

Lightning Blow, Instant, designed by Harold McNeill first released in Jun, 1995 in the set Ice Age and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 2.70.

This card, Lightning Blow, would be beneficial in a White aggressive deck looking to maintain board presence and card advantage. While it offers a temporary advantage with first strike and a card draw, there are more versatile options like Swords to Plowshares or Path to Exile for removal, or Brave the Elements for protection, which might be more impactful in a wider range of situations. Lightning Blow could see play in specific strategies that rely on early aggression and card draw, but its effectiveness may vary depending on the overall deck composition and game plan.

Rules

10/01/09

You may target any creature, not just one that doesn’t have first strike. If the targeted creature already has first strike as Lightning Blow resolves, Lightning Blow won’t affect it (since multiple instances of first strike are redundant), but you’ll still draw a card at the beginning of the next turn’s upkeep.

Where to buy

TCG Player	8 uni.	2.70	Visit store
Card Kingdom	10 uni.	5.28	Visit store
Cool Stuff Inc	1 uni.	9.00	Visit store
Ebay.com			Visit store
Printing proxies		$ 0.75	Visit store