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Lightning Bolt

MTG Lightning Bolt details and prices

749.99
@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

SLD

PRM

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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): 105551
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Combos: 3 combos
Lightning Bolt combos
Archetypes using it (Last 365 days): 358
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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

749.99
@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.

W/L (3 - 3) 50%	Mardu Reanimator By HamHocks42	BO1	Timeless Challenge Match	1%	11-May -2024	$765 ---
Other	ajani aggro By benkmion	BO3	Social media	Not available	11-May -2024	$908 ---
W/L (2 - 3) 40%	HamShocks (T) By HamHocks42	BO3	Arena Ladder (BO3)	1%	10-May -2024	$798 ---
Other	Deck - Domain Zoo By xerioc2	BO3	Streamed Deck	49%	10-May -2024	$936 ---
Top64 (0 - 1) 0%	deck By Dreddybajs	BO3	MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	31%	10-May -2024	$491 ---
Other	Raining Cats and Dog... By wrathofsquirrel...		Streamed Deck	Not available	10-May -2024	$628 ---
W/L (14 - 4) 77%	Make Dudes By apwap		Arena Ladder ()	Not available	10-May -2024	$453 ---
Top64 (2 - 2) 50%	deck By R3tr0sp3ct	BO3	MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	31%	10-May -2024	$497 ---
Other	Deck - Naya Burn By xerioc2	BO3	Streamed Deck	7%	10-May -2024	$293 ---
Top32 (3 - 3) 50%	deck By Capitano_CL	BO3	MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	14%	10-May -2024	$1191 ---
W/L (32 - 14) 69%	Mox Shadow By Chesthair	BO3	Arena Ladder (BO3)	32%	10-May -2024	$656 ---
Top32 (3 - 3) 50%	deck By rastaf	BO3	MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	10%	10-May -2024	$1189 ---
W/L (36 - 15) 70%	Mox Shadow By Chesthair	BO3	Arena Ladder (BO3)	30%	10-May -2024	$627 ---
W/L (43 - 17) 71%	Heist Meister By Amazonian		Arena Ladder ()	Not available	10-May -2024	$456 ---
W/L (27 - 10) 72%	T- BRurn By necr0		Arena Ladder ()	22%	10-May -2024	$709 ---
Other	Rakdos Lurrus By MTGA-Assistant-...		Social media	22%	10-May -2024	$404 ---
W/L (6 - 5) 54%	PW Shadow By Night	BO1	Arena Ladder (BO1)	36%	10-May -2024	$784 ---
Other	[DC] Kroxa By Keizen		Social media	Not available	10-May -2024	$874 ---
Other	Grenzo, the Sheisty ... By Vuotto		Social media	Not available	10-May -2024	$477 ---
Other	madga goblins By HeildirasThorce...		Social media	Not available	10-May -2024	$544 ---

W/L (3 - 3) 50% X BO1	Mardu Reanimator By HamHocks42 Timeless Challenge Match	11-May SINGULARITY: 1% $765 ---
Other X BO3	ajani aggro By benkmion Social media	11-May SINGULARITY: Not available $908 ---
W/L (2 - 3) 40% X BO3	HamShocks (T) By HamHocks42 Arena Ladder (BO3)	10-May SINGULARITY: 1% $798 ---
Other X BO3	Deck - Domain Zoo By xerioc2 Streamed Deck	10-May SINGULARITY: 49% $936 ---
Top64 (0 - 1) 0% X BO3	deck By Dreddybajs MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	10-May SINGULARITY: 31% $491 ---
Other X	Raining Cats and Dog... By wrathofsquirrel... Streamed Deck	10-May SINGULARITY: Not available $628 ---
W/L (14 - 4) 77% X	Make Dudes By apwap Arena Ladder ()	10-May SINGULARITY: Not available $453 ---
Top64 (2 - 2) 50% X BO3	deck By R3tr0sp3ct MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	10-May SINGULARITY: 31% $497 ---
Other X BO3	Deck - Naya Burn By xerioc2 Streamed Deck	10-May SINGULARITY: 7% $293 ---
Top32 (3 - 3) 50% X BO3	deck By Capitano_CL MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	10-May SINGULARITY: 14% $1191 ---
W/L (32 - 14) 69% X BO3	Mox Shadow By Chesthair Arena Ladder (BO3)	10-May SINGULARITY: 32% $656 ---
Top32 (3 - 3) 50% X BO3	deck By rastaf MTGO Modern Challenge 32 #12637301	10-May SINGULARITY: 10% $1189 ---
W/L (36 - 15) 70% X BO3	Mox Shadow By Chesthair Arena Ladder (BO3)	10-May SINGULARITY: 30% $627 ---
W/L (43 - 17) 71% X	Heist Meister By Amazonian Arena Ladder ()	10-May SINGULARITY: Not available $456 ---
W/L (27 - 10) 72% X	T- BRurn By necr0 Arena Ladder ()	10-May SINGULARITY: 22% $709 ---
Other X	Rakdos Lurrus By MTGA-Assistant-... Social media	10-May SINGULARITY: 22% $404 ---
W/L (6 - 5) 54% X BO1	PW Shadow By Night Arena Ladder (BO1)	10-May SINGULARITY: 36% $784 ---
Other X	[DC] Kroxa By Keizen Social media	10-May SINGULARITY: Not available $874 ---
Other X	Grenzo, the Sheisty ... By Vuotto Social media	10-May SINGULARITY: Not available $477 ---
Other X	madga goblins By HeildirasThorce... Social media	10-May SINGULARITY: Not available $544 ---

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	1811	$802 $230
Modern Rakdos Evoke	1379	$1154 $373
Modern Izzet Murktide	941	$706 $247
Modern 5 Color Creativity	849	$769 $256
Modern Izzet Prowess	442	$426 $116
Modern Burn	332	$324 $59
Modern 4 Color Omnath	208	$1312 $471
Modern Jund Creativity	164	$735 $246
Modern Inti's Cookbook	100	$750 $222
Modern Dryad Valakut	99	$1059 $303

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Pauper archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Pauper Mono Red Kuldotha	916	$76 $61
Pauper Boros Synthesizer	756	$93 $65
Pauper Izzet Terror	298	$93 $88
Pauper Rakdos Madness	279	$46 $43
Pauper Jeskai Ephemerate	237	$84 $98
Pauper Mardu Metalcraft	42	$76 $51
Pauper Izzet Faeries	42	$113 $81
Pauper Gruul Initiative	40	$135 $196
Pauper Mono Red Burn	36	$59 $30
Pauper Boros Kuldotha	31	$91 $63

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Legacy archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Legacy Grixis Tempo	569	$2966 $477
Legacy Temur Tempo	530	$2345 $431
Legacy Painter Grindstone	168	$1238 $322
Legacy UR Tempo	107	$2278 $382
Legacy Burn	77	$203 $61
Legacy Jund	38	$2331 $322
Legacy Goblin Welder	19	$1640 $430
Legacy Stryfo Pile	14	$3471 $432
Legacy Rakdos Scam	12	$1550 $349
Legacy Maverick	10	$1458 $232

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Premodern archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Premodern Burn	123	$234 $78
Premodern Red Ponza	17	$300 $98
Premodern Pyrostatic Oath	13	$228 $117
Premodern UR Control	12	$85 $53
Premodern Machine Head	10	$136 $62
Premodern Stiflenought	9	$753 $105
Premodern Three Deuce	8	$356 $58
Premodern Fires	8	$191 $59
Premodern Madness	6	$563 $77
Premodern Oath	5	$2709 $130

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Vintage archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Vintage Paradoxical Outcome	59	$11840 $418
Vintage Tinker	16	$15167 $426
Vintage Grixis Breach	13	$10071 $339
Vintage Dimir Lurrus	5	$14391 $516
Vintage Jeskai Arcanist	5	$13525 $367
Vintage Oath	4	$13103 $420
Vintage Grixis Bowmasters	4	$17860 $490
Vintage Planeswalkers Control	2	$15062 $459
Vintage Gruul Midrange	2	$11777 $272
Vintage Gruul Initiative	2	$5843 $240

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Timeless archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Timeless Zoo	46	$772 $217
Timeless Rakdos Burn	41	$540 $166
Timeless UBx Death's Shadow	39	$722 $202
Timeless Jund Midrange	33	$803 $261
Timeless Izzet Phoenix	23	$389 $161
Timeless 4 Color Uro	17	$1024 $313
Timeless Goblins	14	$627 $111
Timeless Rakdos Lurrus	12	$599 $187
Timeless Izzet Tempo	11	$566 $180
Timeless Red Deck Wins	10	$177 $65

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Old-school archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Old-school GR Aggro	6	$2933 $59
Old-school RW Aggro	4	$7109 $92
Old-school BWR Aggro	3	$11308 $140
Old-school Troll Disk	3	$7426 $153
Old-school Counter Burn	3	$5902 $139
Old-school Jeskai Aggro	2	$10228 $183
Old-school Reanimator	2	$22855 $196
Old-school Artifacts Aggro	2	$17858 $285
Old-school Atog	2	$11093 $200
Old-school The Deck	2	$15373 $253

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Classic-Legacy archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

Name	Decks	Price
Classic-Legacy Canadian Threshold	2	$2581 $333
Classic-Legacy Burn	2	$321 $62
Classic-Legacy Zoo	1	$1608 $71

(Max. 10 archetypes shown)

Historic archetypes playing Lightning Bolt

	Name	Decks	Price
	Historic Gruul Prowess	1	$450 $175

(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: 📊 $749.99

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, and Historic 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 Izzet Terror
Legacy Grixis Tempo
Legacy Temur Tempo
Legacy Painter Grindstone
Premodern Burn
Premodern Red Ponza
Premodern Pyrostatic Oath
Vintage Paradoxical Outcome
Vintage Tinker
Vintage Grixis Breach
Timeless Zoo
Timeless Rakdos Burn
Timeless UBx Death's Shadow
Old-school GR Aggro
Old-school RW Aggro
Old-school BWR Aggro
Classic-Legacy Canadian Threshold
Classic-Legacy Burn
Classic-Legacy Zoo
Historic Gruul Prowess

Get all the archetypes and decklists in our site ☝️

Lightning Bolt in the current metagame

Lightning Bolt has been played in more than 105551 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, and Historic, mainly in the following archetypes: Domain Aggro, Rakdos Evoke, and Izzet Murktide in Modern. Mono Red Kuldotha, Boros Synthesizer, and Izzet Terror in Pauper. Grixis Tempo, Temur Tempo, and Painter Grindstone in Legacy. Burn, Red Ponza, and Pyrostatic Oath in Premodern. Paradoxical Outcome, Tinker, and Grixis Breach in Vintage. Zoo, Rakdos Burn, and UBx Death's Shadow in Timeless. GR Aggro, RW Aggro, and BWR Aggro in Old-school. Canadian Threshold, Burn, and Zoo in Classic-Legacy.

Last update: 2024-05-10