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Bolt Bend

Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE)

{3}{R}

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.
Plays as
Redirect
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardLegal

Versions

4 printings · from $2.91

Foundations
2024#619In products
The List
2024#WAR-115CheapestIn products
War of the Spark
2019#115In products

Rulings

7 · latest Nov 8, 2024
  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Bolt Bend, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Bolt Bend.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    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.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    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.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

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

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability until Bolt Bend resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.