Thunderbolt
Weatherlight 115 • common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 115
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Dylan Martens
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
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• Thunderbolt deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Thunderbolt deals 4 damage to target creature with flying.
"Most wizards consider a thunderbolt to be a proper retort."— Ertai, wizard adept
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thunderbolt was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set served as the third installment in the multi-year Weatherlight Saga, a narrative-driven storyline that followed the crew of the skyship Weatherlight as they navigated the multiverse. Designed by Wizards of the Coast during a period of rapid expansion for the game, the card was intended to provide red-aligned decks with a situational tactical option for dealing with flying creatures.
The card’s visual identity was created by artist Dylan Martens, who utilized a bold, illustrative style characteristic of mid-nineties fantasy gaming art. Martens sought to capture the kinetic energy of an aerial strike, depicting a jagged discharge of energy targeting a winged adversary. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, if standard, common-rarity utility spell, frequently utilized by players in limited draft formats to counter the prevalence of flying threats introduced in the set.
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