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Burst Lightning 
Oracle Text
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Burst Lightning, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 78 | 2.8 | 870 | 3.3 |
| Pioneer | 32 | 3.2 | 503 | 3.2 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 152 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 106
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Burst Lightning
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Mutavault$4.05 0.22 tix
- 1 Ramunap Ruins$0.27 0.04 tix
- 4 Rockface Village$0.33 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Charming Scoundrel
$0.60
0.02 tix - 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
$2.87
0.09 tix
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
$1.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Party Thrasher
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.61
4.44 tix
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
$4.00
9.63 tix - 1 Crime Novelist
$0.63
0.03 tix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.88
1.17 tix
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
$5.93
1.22 tix
- 1 Synth Eradicator
$0.28
2.56 tix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
$0.63
0.03 tix
- 1 Skyfire Phoenix
$0.27
1.26 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf
$1.77
5.25 tix - 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
$13.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 tix
- 1 Hired Claw
$0.42
0.02 tix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Demand Answers
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
$7.73
0.14 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Frost Bite
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Blast
$1.96
0.69 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Play with Fire
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rending Volley
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Shock
$0.04
0.01 tix
- 1 Skred
$1.83
4.17 tix
- 1 Tarfire
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 1 Wild Slash
$0.20
0.03 tix
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.08 0.73 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Dust Bowl$0.89 0.20 tix
- 1 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Encroaching Wastes$0.22 0.03 tix
- 1 Fountainport$2.46 0.06 tix
- 1 Hammerheim$14.78 0.04 tix
- 1 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Rishadan Port$7.99 18.97 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 25 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.79 14.17 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Riverpyre Verge$20.75 0.70 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.75 0.70 tix
- 4 Shivan Reef$0.28 0.02 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett$5.52 0.10 tix
- 1 Bloodthirsty Adversary
$0.36
0.17 tix
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
$2.87
0.09 tix
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
$1.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Party Thrasher
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.61
4.44 tix
- 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling
—
—
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
$4.00
9.63 tix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.88
1.17 tix
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
$2.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Synth Eradicator
$0.28
2.56 tix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
$0.63
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf
$1.77
5.25 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix
- 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 tix
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 1 Unholy Heat$0.28 0.01 tix
- 1 Desperate Ritual
$5.61
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
$4.68
0.03 tix
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
$7.73
0.14 tix
- 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
$15.01
5.77 tix
- 1 Flare of Duplication
$1.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Seething Song
$5.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Blast
$1.96
0.69 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Play with Fire
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Spikefield Hazard
—
—
- 1 Wild Slash
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.86
0.03 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.08 0.73 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 City of Traitors$46.79 17.20 tix
- 1 Crystal Vein$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.14 tix
- 1 Dust Bowl$0.89 0.20 tix
- 1 Fountainport$2.46 0.06 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.28 0.90 tix
- 1 Hammerheim$14.78 0.04 tix
- 24 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Rishadan Port$7.99 18.97 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Mother of Runes$8.41 2.17 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.21 tix - 1 Faerie Mastermind
$10.64
0.03 tix - 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.14 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
—
—
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
—
—
- 1 Archivist of Oghma
$5.88
8.93 tix
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.65
0.51 tix
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.26
0.10 tix
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
$2.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.65
7.96 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.77
8.00 tix
- 1 Solitude
$34.08
5.00 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.40
6.57 tix - 1 Giver of Runes
$8.80
2.04 tix
- 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
$0.73
0.02 tix
Sorceries (7)
Instants (29)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
—
—
- 1 Reprieve
$1.26
0.17 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.65 tix
- 1 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 1 Lightning Helix
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.30 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 1 Mana Tithe
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
- 1 Tithe
$6.76
1.64 tix
- 1 No More Lies
$0.33
0.25 tix
- 1 Occult Epiphany
$1.13
3.99 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.08 0.73 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.27 0.01 tix
- 1 Deserted Beach$4.66 0.03 tix
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.42 0.15 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.16 4.91 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Floodfarm Verge$8.83 0.19 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.23 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.82 0.06 tix
- 1 Hengegate Pathway— —
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.35 3.99 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.31 2.08 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 3.27 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.94 3.18 tix
- 1 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Riverglide Pathway— —
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.75 0.70 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.44 0.16 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Seachrome Coast$0.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Stormcarved Coast$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Sunbillow Verge$10.09 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3