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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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (41)
- 1 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix - 1 Change the Equation
$0.23
0.03 tix - 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.48
4.61 tix
- 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 Miscalculation
$0.32
0.27 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Snap
$3.36
0.05 tix
- 1 Tale's End
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.53
0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
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- 1 Cryptic Command
$3.13
0.06 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.34
0.03 tix - 1 Brainsurge
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
19.12 tix
- 1 Memory Deluge
$0.31
0.17 tix
- 1 Fact or Fiction
$0.20
0.03 tix - 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Fiery Impulse
$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 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Mental Note
$6.71
15.38 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 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 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Archmage's Charm
$1.08
0.15 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 1 Logic Knot
$0.18
0.03 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Agna Qel'a$0.95 0.07 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Cascade Bluffs$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.27 0.01 tix
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery$0.39 0.35 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mistrise Village$8.19 0.54 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Opal Palace$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.31 2.08 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.94 3.18 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.75 0.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Shivan Reef$0.28 0.02 tix
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Swarmyard$3.65 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Belion, the Parched
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- 1 Broadside Barrage
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Fire Magic
$0.94
3.88 tix
- 1 Flashfreeze
$0.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Get Out
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 2 Ral, Crackling Wit
$13.87
0.55 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Torch the Tower
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
$34.98
9.05 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (11)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Broadside Barrage
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 2 Eddymurk Crab
$1.22
0.03 tix - 2 Fire Magic
$0.94
3.88 tix
- 1 Get Out
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
$13.87
0.55 tix
- 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
$13.87
0.55 tix
- 1 Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Eddymurk Crab
$1.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Get Out
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Ral, Crackling Wit
$13.87
0.55 tix
- 2 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Torch the Tower
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Witchstalker Frenzy
$0.32
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Full Bore$0.29 0.03 tix
- 1 Heritage Reclamation
$0.28
0.03 tix - 3 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 4 Consult the Star Charts
$3.48
4.61 tix
- 1 Detect Intrusion
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- 1 Essence Scatter
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 4 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Full Bore
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
Lands (25)
- 2 Ba Sing Se$3.34 0.60 tix
- 3 Escape Tunnel$0.24 0.03 tix
- 2 Fabled Passage$1.01 0.02 tix
- 2 Fabled Passage$1.01 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Starting Town$9.56 7.61 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 1 Thornspire Verge$5.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Broadside Barrage
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Essence Scatter
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Essence Scatter
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 2 Heritage Reclamation
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker
$0.64
0.76 tix
- 3 Loch Mare
$0.77
0.19 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
$0.42
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (14)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Nova Hellkite$0.42 0.02 tix
- 4 Scalding Viper
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—
- 3 Hearthborn Battler
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Hearthborn Battler
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 4 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
—
—
- 2 Nova Hellkite
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nova Hellkite
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Fanatical Firebrand
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Fanatical Firebrand
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 4 Hired Claw
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 4 Razorkin Needlehead
$4.72
0.02 tix
Lands (23)
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Riverpyre Verge$20.75 0.70 tix
- 1 Soulstone Sanctuary$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Lands (24)
- 2 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 4 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery$0.39 0.35 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Pit of Offerings$0.35 0.04 tix
- 1 Restless Vinestalk$0.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Secluded Courtyard$0.29 0.03 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 4 Starting Town$9.56 7.61 tix
- 4 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Beza, the Bounding Spring
$4.38
1.96 tix - 1 Deceit
$3.78
1.70 tix - 2 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Fire Magic
$0.94
3.88 tix
- 1 Ill-Timed Explosion
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker
$0.64
0.76 tix
- 1 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Sunderflock
$1.37
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
- 1 Abrade$0.14 0.03 tix
- 1 Sear$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Detect Intrusion
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- 2 Abandon Attachments
$0.26
0.04 tix - 4 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Bounce Off
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
$2.38
9.73 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Belion, the Parched
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—
- 1 Broadside Barrage
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Get Out
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 The Legend of Kuruk
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