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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: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett$5.52 0.10 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 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 Squee, Dubious Monarch
$0.34
0.02 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 (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 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 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 Stone of Erech
$0.29
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
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 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
- 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 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: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 3 Copperline Gorge$0.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Copperline Gorge$0.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway$2.55 0.02 tix
- 2 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.14 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Ramunap Ruins$0.27 0.04 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.19 0.03 tix
- 3 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 4 Thornspire Verge$5.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett$5.52 0.10 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 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 Squee, Dubious Monarch
$0.34
0.02 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 (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 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 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 Stone of Erech
$0.29
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
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 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
- 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 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: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus$13.10 16.75 tix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler$1.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Fury$0.59 0.70 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf$1.77 5.25 tix
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
$0.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
$10.64
0.03 tix - 1 Ledger Shredder
$7.65
0.17 tix
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.14 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.38
1.29 tix
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
$0.52
0.78 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.88
1.17 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
$6.47
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.77
8.00 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.40
6.57 tix - 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 tix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (30)
- 1 Force of Negation$48.99 18.36 tix
- 1 Force of Will$25.46 10.65 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 Tale's End
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.35
8.16 tix
- 1 Cryptic Command
$3.13
0.06 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 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 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 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.30 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.00
16.70 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Slick Sequence
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
(1)
Lands (36)
- 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 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.14 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.29 7.15 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 8 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 4 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 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 Riverglide Pathway$4.79 0.18 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
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.19 0.03 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 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Fiery Annihilation
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.80 tix
- 1 Lithomantic Barrage
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Ral, Crackling Wit
$13.87
0.55 tix
- 2 Slickshot Show-Off
$4.97
4.42 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Sunspine Lynx
$1.90
0.09 tix
- 1 Torch the Tower
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Unable to Scream
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Lands (23)
- 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
- 3 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
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Rockface Village$0.33 0.03 tix
- 2 Soulstone Sanctuary$0.45 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance$0.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Koth, Fire of Resistance
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Lithomantic Barrage
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Magebane Lizard
$0.41
1.90 tix
- 1 Sunspine Lynx
$1.90
0.09 tix
- 1 Sunspine Lynx$1.90 0.09 tix
- 1 Torch the Tower$0.30 0.03 tix
- 3 Torch the Tower
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 3 Urabrask's Forge
$1.07
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
$6.47
0.02 tix
- 1 Fiery Annihilation
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.80 tix
- 1 Lithomantic Barrage
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 2 Ral, Crackling Wit
$13.87
0.55 tix
- 1 Rebel Salvo
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Sunspine Lynx
$1.90
0.09 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 2 Unable to Scream
$0.22
0.03 tix
