Branching Bolt
Instant
ARCArchenemy#82common
"Lightning lives in everything, in living flesh and growing things. It must be set free." —Rakka Mar
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster
- Illustrator
- Vance Kovacs
- Found in
- Archenemy Theme Deck Scorch the World with Dragonfire
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 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.13
$0.10 low$0.09 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.13as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.27L $0.13since Feb 2024$0.10
$0.01
$0.09+90% · 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.