Javelin of Lightning
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #185 (common)
- Price
- $0.23 USD
Flash
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control.
During your turn, equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike.
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Javelin of Lightning has 1 printing, first in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). EDHREC ranks it #16,245 among Commander cards. It appears most in Heiko Yamazaki, the General decks (27 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Javelin of Lightning most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Heiko Yamazaki, the General: 27 decks
- Lightning, Security Sergeant: 12 decks
- Living Lightning, Charged Up: 2 decks
- Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry: 1 decks
- Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat: 1 decks
- Pia, Determined Rebuilder: 1 decks
- Quicksilver, Pietro Maximoff: 1 decks
- Thrakkus the Butcher
Often played with Javelin of Lightning
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Javelin of Lightning doesn't enter the battlefield attached to a creature. Instead, the Equipment enters the battlefield and then a triggered ability attaches it to a creature. You may cast Javelin of Lightning even if you don't control any creatures.
- : Attaching an Equipment with its enters-the-battlefield triggered ability isn't the same as using its equip ability. You don't pay mana for the attachment, and the timing restrictions for equip abilities don't apply.
- : If the target creature becomes an illegal target, the Equipment remains on the battlefield unattached.