Lightning Bolt
Secret Lair Drop 1879 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 1879
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Market price
- $4.94
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 first appeared in the 1993 Alpha set for Magic: The Gathering, quickly establishing itself as a quintessential staple of the game due to its efficient, low-cost power. As the game matured, Wizards of the Coast introduced the Secret Lair series, a line of curated, limited-release drops featuring unique artistic treatments. The version numbered 1879 was released as part of the Secret Lair x Artist Series: Mitsuhiro Arita drop, which sought to bring the renowned illustrator's iconic style to the trading card format.
Mitsuhiro Arita, widely celebrated for his decades of work on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, brought a distinct aesthetic to this iteration of the card. His design emphasizes a dramatic, elemental interpretation of the spell, moving away from traditional fantasy tropes toward a more refined, illustrative composition. The piece was well-received by the player base and collectors alike, who valued the intersection of a legacy game mechanic with the signature visual language of one of the industry's most recognizable artists.
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