Redirect Lightning
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Type
- Instant — Lesson
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos #151s (rare)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or pay {2}.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Redirect Lightning has 3 printings, first in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2025). EDHREC ranks it #500 among Commander cards. It appears most in Fire Lord Azula decks (18,196 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 Redirect Lightning most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Fire Lord Azula: 18,196 decks
- Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements: 10,191 decks
- Iroh, Grand Lotus: 10,169 decks
- Toph, the First Metalbender: 9,500 decks
- Fire Lord Zuko: 7,210 decks
- Ozai, the Phoenix King: 5,508 decks
- Vivi Ornitier: 5,420 decks
- Sokka, Tenacious Tactician: 4,204 decks
Often played with Redirect Lightning
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.
- : You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability until Redirect Lightning resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.
- : If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning.