Lightning, Army of One
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{W}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 2
- Set
- Final Fantasy Promos #233s (mythic)
First strike, trample, lifelink
Stagger — Whenever Lightning deals combat damage to a player, until your next turn, if a source would deal damage to that player or a permanent that player controls, it deals double that damage instead.
Lightning, Army of One has 6 printings, first in Final Fantasy (2025). EDHREC ranks it #2,331 among Commander cards. It appears most in Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER decks (10,305 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Lightning, Army of One most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER: 10,305 decks
- Tifa, Martial Artist: 3,738 decks
- Winota, Joiner of Forces: 3,389 decks
- Jodah, the Unifier: 2,936 decks
- Bre of Clan Stoutarm: 2,103 decks
- Saskia the Unyielding: 1,644 decks
- Tsagan, Raider Warlord: 1,196 decks
- Sephiroth, Fallen Hero: 1,141 decks
Often played with Lightning, Army of One
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
- Gastal Thrillseeker
- Hope Estheim
- Noctis, Prince of Lucis
- Locke Cole
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
- Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
- Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- Ultimecia, Temporal Threat
- Ultimecia, Time Sorceress
- Kefka, Court Mage
Rulings
- : The damage is dealt by the same source as the original source of damage. The doubled damage isn't dealt by Lightning unless it was the original source of damage.
- : If damage dealt by a source you control is being divided or assigned among multiple permanents and/or players, that damage is divided or assigned before doubling. For example, if you attack with a 5/5 creature with trample and it's blocked by a 2/2 creature, you can assign 2 damage to the blocker and 3 damage to the defending player. Those amounts are then doubled to 4 and 6, respectively.
- : If another effect (or effects) modifies how much damage a source you control would deal—by preventing some of it, for example—the player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses the order in which any such effects (including Lightning's) apply. If all of the damage is prevented, Lightning's effect no longer applies.