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Lightning Bolt

MTG Lightning Bolt details and prices

699.99
@CardKingdom

750
@TCGplayer

LEA

TD0

PLST

PTC

BTD

STA +

ATH

E01

GN3

ME1

STA +

2X2

MM2

CLU

A25

P09

M10

M11

30A

CED

CEI

FBB

LEB

2ED

SUM

3ED

CLB

4BB

4ED

JMP

2X2 +

CLB

PLIST

30A

J21

HBG

MB1

SLD +

PRM

JGP

PD2

SLD +

PRM

PLST

PF19

PLIST

SLD +

P10

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Basic information

Mana Cost
Rarity: Common
Number: #161
Illustrator: Christopher Rush
Edition: Limited Edition Alpha

Lightning Bolt is legal in

Alchemy

Artisan

Brawl

Commander

Duel-Commander

Explorer

Historic

Legacy

Modern

Old-school

Pauper

Pioneer

Premodern

Standard

Timeless

Vintage

Total decks (Last 365 days): 106581
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Combos: 3 combos
Lightning Bolt combos
Archetypes using it (Last 365 days): 357
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Versions: This card has 59 different prints

Rules & flavor text

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Related Tags

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Price

699.99
@CardKingdom

750
@TCGplayer

Weekly Play volume (Last 52 weeks)

A value of 100 represents the peak popularity of the card, while a value of 50 means that the card is half as popular during that week.

Price trend

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Latest decks playing Lightning Bolt

A list of the most recent MTG decks using Lightning Bolt available on MTG decks website.

Other	Krooked By pizzazombi		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$442 ---
Other	Grenzo Goblin Warden By ctrain	BO3	Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$920 ---
Top16 (4 - 2) 66%	deck By Cambinho	BO3	MTGO Pauper Challenge 32 #12638688	15%	18-May -2024	$57 ---
W/L (59 - 25) 70%	Mox Shadow By Chesthair	BO3	Arena Ladder (BO3)	32%	18-May -2024	$648 ---
Other	Ojer Axonil, Deepest... By DiestoRemoval		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$274 ---
Other	DC Naya Dino By MythosS		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$657 ---
Other	Rootin' Tootin' Spel... By electric_ocelot...		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$211 ---
Top32 (2 - 4) 33%	deck By ScreenwriterNY	BO3	MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	12%	18-May -2024	$3057 ---
Top64 (0 - 2) 0%	deck By shooken	BO3	MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	Not available	18-May -2024	$582 ---
W/L (16 - 13) 55%	Rakdos Shadow (T) By Linkelia	BO3	Arena Ladder (BO3)	56%	18-May -2024	$703 ---
Other	Grenzo, Crooked Jail... By MTGA-Assistant-...		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$510 ---
Other	Wasting TIME!! By thebigfriendlyg...	BO3	Streamed Deck	6%	18-May -2024	$734 ---
Top16 (4 - 2) 66%	deck By ARAPAKO	BO3	MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	31%	18-May -2024	$2635 ---
Top32 (3 - 3) 50%	deck By Misplacedginger	BO3	MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	4%	18-May -2024	$2423 ---
Other	PiaNalaar By Luczzz		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$413 ---
Other	Eris, Roar of the ba... By benama9		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$920 ---
Top4 (5 - 3) 62%	deck By 2plus2isfive	BO3	MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	21%	18-May -2024	$2428 ---
W/L (3 - 1) 75%	Neheb By Metallikyle		Arena Ladder ()	Not available	18-May -2024	$152 ---
Other	Zada Arena By oatmeal42		Social media	Not available	18-May -2024	$90 ---
Top64 (2 - 4) 33%	deck By Betrix2688	BO3	MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	7%	18-May -2024	$1035 ---

Other X	Krooked By pizzazombi Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $442 ---
Other X BO3	Grenzo Goblin Warden By ctrain Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $920 ---
Top16 (4 - 2) 66% X BO3	deck By Cambinho MTGO Pauper Challenge 32 #12638688	18-May SINGULARITY: 15% $57 ---
W/L (59 - 25) 70% X BO3	Mox Shadow By Chesthair Arena Ladder (BO3)	18-May SINGULARITY: 32% $648 ---
Other X	Ojer Axonil, Deepest... By DiestoRemoval Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $274 ---
Other X	DC Naya Dino By MythosS Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $657 ---
Other X	Rootin' Tootin' Spel... By electric_ocelot... Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $211 ---
Top32 (2 - 4) 33% X BO3	deck By ScreenwriterNY MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	18-May SINGULARITY: 12% $3057 ---
Top64 (0 - 2) 0% X BO3	deck By shooken MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $582 ---
W/L (16 - 13) 55% X BO3	Rakdos Shadow (T) By Linkelia Arena Ladder (BO3)	18-May SINGULARITY: 56% $703 ---
Other X	Grenzo, Crooked Jail... By MTGA-Assistant-... Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $510 ---
Other X BO3	Wasting TIME!! By thebigfriendlyg... Streamed Deck	18-May SINGULARITY: 6% $734 ---
Top16 (4 - 2) 66% X BO3	deck By ARAPAKO MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	18-May SINGULARITY: 31% $2635 ---
Top32 (3 - 3) 50% X BO3	deck By Misplacedginger MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	18-May SINGULARITY: 4% $2423 ---
Other X	PiaNalaar By Luczzz Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $413 ---
Other X	Eris, Roar of the ba... By benama9 Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $920 ---
Top4 (5 - 3) 62% X BO3	deck By 2plus2isfive MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	18-May SINGULARITY: 21% $2428 ---
W/L (3 - 1) 75% X	Neheb By Metallikyle Arena Ladder ()	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $152 ---
Other X	Zada Arena By oatmeal42 Social media	18-May SINGULARITY: Not available $90 ---
Top64 (2 - 4) 33% X BO3	deck By Betrix2688 MTGO Legacy Challenge 32 #12638682	18-May SINGULARITY: 7% $1035 ---

Recent archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

A list of archetypes playing Lightning Bolt by format in the last 90 days according to our MTG decks database.

Modern archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Modern Domain Aggro	1837	$765 $217
Modern Rakdos Evoke	1489	$1131 $330
Modern Izzet Murktide	905	$676 $224
Modern 5 Color Creativity	894	$753 $240
Modern Izzet Prowess	542	$426 $107
Modern Burn	332	$309 $62
Modern 4 Color Omnath	198	$1267 $469
Modern Jund Creativity	159	$721 $229
Modern Dryad Valakut	129	$1011 $320
Modern Red Deck Wins	128	$457 $139

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Pauper archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Pauper Mono Red Kuldotha	912	$77 $61
Pauper Boros Synthesizer	765	$95 $55
Pauper Rakdos Madness	307	$46 $41
Pauper Izzet Terror	278	$94 $90
Pauper Jeskai Ephemerate	233	$85 $98
Pauper Mardu Metalcraft	46	$79 $54
Pauper Izzet Faeries	43	$113 $82
Pauper Mono Red Burn	38	$61 $33
Pauper Gruul Initiative	36	$135 $174
Pauper Boros Kuldotha	35	$92 $55

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Legacy archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Legacy Temur Tempo	537	$2415 $401
Legacy Grixis Tempo	524	$2948 $462
Legacy Painter Grindstone	164	$1240 $290
Legacy UR Tempo	118	$2282 $364
Legacy Burn	81	$204 $60
Legacy Jund	35	$2311 $312
Legacy Goblin Welder	20	$1640 $396
Legacy Stryfo Pile	14	$3626 $415
Legacy Rakdos Scam	13	$1563 $312
Legacy Buried Phoenix	13	$3106 $162

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Premodern archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Premodern Burn	121	$222 $78
Premodern Red Ponza	12	$378 $101
Premodern UR Control	11	$94 $57
Premodern Pyrostatic Oath	11	$219 $117
Premodern Fires	9	$180 $57
Premodern Machine Head	8	$133 $58
Premodern Stiflenought	8	$778 $103
Premodern Three Deuce	6	$355 $58
Premodern Madness	5	$553 $76
Premodern Goblins	5	$263 $91

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Vintage archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Vintage Paradoxical Outcome	57	$11958 $407
Vintage Tinker	16	$15327 $419
Vintage Grixis Breach	13	$10192 $338
Vintage Grixis Bowmasters	4	$18038 $492
Vintage Oath	3	$13482 $423
Vintage Jeskai Arcanist	3	$12910 $369
Vintage Gruul Midrange	2	$11901 $281
Vintage Gruul Initiative	2	$5873 $260
Vintage Izzet Eris	2	$13985 $371
Vintage 4 Color Control	2	$17962 $442

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Timeless archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Timeless UBx Death's Shadow	42	$686 $193
Timeless Zoo	38	$753 $211
Timeless Rakdos Burn	37	$524 $162
Timeless Jund Midrange	32	$750 $246
Timeless Izzet Phoenix	22	$370 $147
Timeless 4 Color Uro	15	$1040 $313
Timeless Izzet Tempo	10	$542 $164
Timeless Rakdos Lurrus	10	$566 $172
Timeless Red Deck Wins	9	$185 $63
Timeless Rakdos Breach Storm	8	$732 $215

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Old-school archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Old-school RW Aggro	5	$6692 $87
Old-school GR Aggro	5	$3246 $58
Old-school Troll Disk	3	$7491 $144
Old-school BWR Aggro	2	$10148 $129
Old-school Atog	2	$11179 $183
Old-school The Deck	2	$15551 $248
Old-school Counter Burn	2	$7404 $135
Old-school Reanimator	1	$22101 $141
Old-school Jund Aggro	1	$10240 $147
Old-school UWR Midrange	1	$10916 $178

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Classic-Legacy archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Classic-Legacy Burn	2	$309 $63
Classic-Legacy Canadian Threshold	1	$2517 $324
Classic-Legacy Zoo	1	$1562 $71

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Historic archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

	Name	Decks	Price
	Historic Gruul Prowess	1	$441 $161

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Explorer archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

	Name	Decks	Price
	Explorer Rakdos Sacrifice	1	$273 $105

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

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Lightning Bolt quick FAQ

How many decks 🔢 are playing Lightning Bolt?

Lightning Bolt has been played in more than 20 decks in the last year. Get the decklists and prices in our site ☝️

What is 📊 MTG Lightning Bolt current price?

The current price is:

Tcgplayer: 📊 $750
Cardkingdom: 📊 $699.99

Get the decklists and historic pricing charts in our site ☝️

In which formats is Lightning Bolt played?

It is currently being played in the last year in Modern, Pauper, Legacy, Premodern, Vintage, Timeless, Old-school, Classic-Legacy, Historic, and Explorer Get the decklists and prices our site ☝️

Which decks in the current MTG metagame are playing Lightning Bolt?

The top 3 archetypes using Lightning Bolt are:

Modern Domain Aggro
Modern Rakdos Evoke
Modern Izzet Murktide
Pauper Mono Red Kuldotha
Pauper Boros Synthesizer
Pauper Rakdos Madness
Legacy Temur Tempo
Legacy Grixis Tempo
Legacy Painter Grindstone
Premodern Burn
Premodern Red Ponza
Premodern UR Control
Vintage Paradoxical Outcome
Vintage Tinker
Vintage Grixis Breach
Timeless UBx Death's Shadow
Timeless Zoo
Timeless Rakdos Burn
Old-school RW Aggro
Old-school GR Aggro
Old-school Troll Disk
Classic-Legacy Burn
Classic-Legacy Canadian Threshold
Classic-Legacy Zoo
Historic Gruul Prowess
Explorer Rakdos Sacrifice

Get all the archetypes and decklists in our site ☝️

Lightning Bolt in the current metagame

Lightning Bolt has been played in more than 106581 decks in the last year and is a key card in more than 3 combos (you can check them in the Lightning Bolt combos section). It is currently being played in Modern, Pauper, Legacy, Premodern, Vintage, Timeless, Old-school, Classic-Legacy, Historic, and Explorer, mainly in the following archetypes: Domain Aggro, Rakdos Evoke, and Izzet Murktide in Modern. Mono Red Kuldotha, Boros Synthesizer, and Rakdos Madness in Pauper. Temur Tempo, Grixis Tempo, and Painter Grindstone in Legacy. Burn, Red Ponza, and UR Control in Premodern. Paradoxical Outcome, Tinker, and Grixis Breach in Vintage. UBx Death's Shadow, Zoo, and Rakdos Burn in Timeless. RW Aggro, GR Aggro, and Troll Disk in Old-school. Burn, Canadian Threshold, and Zoo in Classic-Legacy.

Last update: 2024-05-17