Lightning Bolt
Collectors' Edition 162 • common
- Set
- Collectors' Edition
- Collector number
- 162
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Christopher Rush
- Market price
- $69.85
What it does
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lightning Bolt was originally printed in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, representing the quintessential red spell. The Collectors' Edition was released in late 1993 as a non-tournament legal boxed set intended to showcase the game's initial card pool for home play, featuring square corners and gold-foil backing to distinguish the cards from standard play sets.
The artwork was provided by Christopher Rush, one of the game's original illustrators whose work defined the aesthetic of early Magic. His depiction of a jagged, elemental discharge remains a cornerstone of the game's iconography, prized by collectors for its visceral simplicity and its historical significance as one of the most efficient spells in the game's history.
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