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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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix - 2 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Belion, the Parched
$0.32
0.33 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Ral, Crackling Wit
$13.87
0.55 tix - 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
$1.03
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Hexing Squelcher$20.04 2.75 tix
- 2 Hexing Squelcher$20.04 2.75 tix
- 4 Hired Claw$0.42 0.02 tix
- 4 Nova Hellkite$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Sunspine Lynx$1.90 0.09 tix
- 1 Hexing Squelcher
$20.04
2.75 tix
- 3 Zhao, the Moon Slayer
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Howlsquad Heavy
$2.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Howlsquad Heavy
$2.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
$0.63
0.03 tix
- 4 Burnout Bashtronaut
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
$0.21
0.02 tix
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Voice of Victory
$17.69
9.35 tix - 1 Magmatic Hellkite
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 3 Magmatic Hellkite
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 4 Clarion Conqueror
$2.06
0.75 tix
- 3 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
$5.39
0.07 tix
- 4 Nova Hellkite
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Twinmaw Stormbrood
$0.24
0.03 tix - 4 Momo, Friendly Flier
$0.31
0.02 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.26
0.04 tix - 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration$0.25 0.06 tix
- 2 Origin of Metalbending
$0.26
0.03 tix - 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Redcap Melee
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Redirect Lightning
$9.99
0.31 tix
- 1 Rending Volley
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Scorching Shot
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
$5.93
1.22 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.26
0.04 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.57
2.24 tix
- 2 Dragonfly Swarm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration
$0.25
0.06 tix
- 1 Mercurial Transformation
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Rending Volley
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Screaming Nemesis
$5.93
1.22 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Urabrask's Forge
$1.07
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Lands (24)
- 3 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
- 3 Starting Town$9.56 7.61 tix
- 4 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chomping Changeling
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Essence Scatter
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Flashfreeze
$0.09
0.02 tix
- 2 Oko, Lorwyn Liege
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Sunderflock
$1.37
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Bomat Courier
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
$2.87
0.09 tix
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
$0.21
4.05 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 Detective's Phoenix
$0.33
0.02 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 Pyrogoyf
$1.77
5.25 tix
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
$13.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
$1.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 tix
- 1 Hired Claw
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
$0.21
0.02 tix
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
$7.73
0.14 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Mine Collapse
$0.16
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 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 (12)
- 1 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix - 1 Urza's Bauble
$5.31
13.28 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.80 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Furnace
$6.99
7.16 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 1 Scrabbling Claws
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
$4.87
12.98 tix
- 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
$35.63
6.06 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.29
3.42 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.34 tix
- 1 Winter Moon
$0.46
0.02 tix
- 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$22.10
0.02 tix
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 Fountainport$2.46 0.06 tix
- 1 Hammerheim$14.78 0.04 tix
- 1 Rishadan Port$7.99 18.97 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 24 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Tower of the Magistrate$1.65 2.18 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.79 14.17 tix
- 1 War Room$2.61 4.99 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.26
0.04 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.57
2.24 tix
- 2 Dragonfly Swarm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration
$0.25
0.06 tix
- 1 Mercurial Transformation
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Rending Volley
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Screaming Nemesis$5.93 1.22 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Urabrask's Forge
$1.07
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.26
0.04 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.57
2.24 tix
- 2 Dragonfly Swarm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration
$0.25
0.06 tix
- 1 Mercurial Transformation
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Rending Volley
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Screaming Nemesis
$5.93
1.22 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Urabrask's Forge
$1.07
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.57
2.24 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.80 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration
$0.25
0.06 tix
- 1 Mercurial Transformation
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Noggle the Mind
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 3 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
- 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
- 2 Detect Intrusion
$1.89
0.82 tix
- 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 Into the Flood Maw
$2.38
9.73 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
- 2 Thornspire Verge$5.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Essence Scatter
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Heritage Reclamation
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Sear
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Songcrafter Mage
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Wistfulness
$9.66
7.15 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5