Burn

Single-target direct-damage spells that burn a creature, player, or planeswalker for a set or X amount, like Lightning Bolt, Incinerate, Lava Spike, and Galvanic Blast. Some carry riders such as life gain on Lightning Helix or scaling X damage on Banefire. Targeting matters: spells reading "any target" can hit a planeswalker, while spells reading "target creature or player" cannot reach planeswalkers under current rules. Distinct from Pinger, whose damage comes from a repeatable activated ability on a permanent rather than a one-shot spell, and from Board Wipe, where damage hits every creature at once instead of one target.