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Chain Lightning 
Oracle Text
. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Chain Lightning, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 9 | 1 | 371 | 1 |
| Pauper | 13 | 2.2 | 93 | 2.1 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.2 |
Details
- Set
- Arena Anthology 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 12
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Chain Lightning
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.79
0.80 tix - 1 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix - 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.79
0.80 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
13.96 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.79
0.80 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
13.96 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.79
0.80 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.79
0.80 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.79
0.80 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.64 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.34 tix
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
