Lightning Blow
Instant
ME3Masters Edition III#18common
Reserved List
"If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Illustrator
- Harold McNeill
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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Rulings
2 · latest Oct 1, 2009
- WotCOct 1, 2009
If the targeted creature doesn’t have first strike, granting it first strike after combat damage has been dealt in the first combat damage step won’t prevent it from dealing combat damage. It will still assign and deal its combat damage in the second combat damage step.
- WotCOct 1, 2009
You may target any creature, not just one that doesn’t have first strike. If the targeted creature already has first strike as Lightning Blow resolves, Lightning Blow won’t affect it (since multiple instances of first strike are redundant), but you’ll still draw a card at the beginning of the next turn’s upkeep.