Branching Bolt
Instant
ALAShards of Alara#158common
Foil
"Lightning lives in everything, in living flesh and growing things. It must be set free." —Rakka Mar
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 896
- Illustrator
- Vance Kovacs
- Found in
- Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Conflux Intro Pack Jund Appetite for War · 4 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Choose one or both —
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature without flying.
Plays as: Modal Spell · Burn
Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+6.7%
$0.16
$0.05 low$0.04 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.26
$0.25 low$0.05 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
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Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.16as of 2026-07-12
+6.7%
H $0.20L $0.09since Feb 2024$0.05
$0.01
$0.04+80% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.26as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.43L $0.20since Feb 2024$0.25
$0.20
$0.05+20% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.13· across 3 printings
Rulings
1 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2008
You may choose just the first mode (targeting a creature with flying), just the second mode (targeting a creature without flying), or both modes (targeting a creature with flying and a creature without flying). You can’t choose a mode unless there’s a legal target for it.