Lightning Blow
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Ice Age #42 (rare)
- Price
- $1.00 USD
Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Lightning Blow has 2 printings, first in Ice Age (1995). EDHREC ranks it #27,807 among Commander cards. It appears most in Mavinda, Students' Advocate decks (45 on EDHREC). It has 2 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 Lightning Blow most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Mavinda, Students' Advocate: 45 decks
- General Jarkeld: 11 decks
- Hawkeye, Bowslinger: 1 decks
Often played with Lightning Blow
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.