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Lightning Blow - Instant

Ice Age · 1995

Market Prices

$0.59median

Priced for the Ice Age printing — select another in “Printings & Editions” below to re-price.

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Legality

PremodernLEGAL
Reserved ListRESERVED
Full Scryfall Data
Ice Age{1}{W}

Lightning Blow

Instant

Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Printings & Editions

Premodern-legal editions of Lightning Blow — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.

Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.

Critical Rulings

"If the targeted creature doesn’t have first strike, granting it first strike after combat damage has been dealt in the first combat damage step won’t prevent it from dealing combat damage. It will still assign and deal its combat damage in the second combat damage step."

— 2009-10-01

"You may target any creature, not just one that doesn’t have first strike. If the targeted creature already has first strike as Lightning Blow resolves, Lightning Blow won’t affect it (since multiple instances of first strike are redundant), but you’ll still draw a card at the beginning of the next turn’s upkeep."

— 2009-10-01

Price History

91d · USD
$1.04▲ 13.0%

Tracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.

$1.04$0.98$0.91
03/1804/1705/1806/18

Decks playing Lightning Blow (1)