Forked Lightning
The List ME3-100 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- ME3-100
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Ted Naifeh
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Forked Lightning deals 4 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Forked Lightning was originally printed in the Mirage expansion in 1996, a set designed to evoke a distinct African-inspired aesthetic through its art and flavor text. The card represents a quintessential red burn spell, mechanically designed to punish small-creature strategies by dealing damage distributed between two targets, reflecting the chaotic and unpredictable nature of lightning strikes.
The artwork for the original Mirage printing was created by artist Dan Frazier, whose distinctive style became synonymous with early Magic: The Gathering. While the card is a functional piece of red color-pie design, its inclusion in 'The List'—a curated selection of reprints inserted into modern play boosters—serves to highlight the enduring utility of older, niche spells in the context of rotating formats and legacy card pools.
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