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Burst Lightning

{R}

Instant

FDNFoundations#192common
Promo
Starter Collection
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 4 per booster–1 in 150
Illustrator
Vance Kovacs
Found in
Foundations Starter Collection · Lorwyn Eclipsed 60-Card Theme Deck Pirates · 4 more
Printings11EDHREC rank#5,575
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardLegal
Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.
Kicker
Plays as:
BurnPlaneswalker Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-16.7%
$0.20
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil+2.8%
$0.37
$0.10 low$0.02 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.18· across 11 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

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

    If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.