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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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 3 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix - 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
—
—
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Torpor Orb
$3.90
0.45 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
—
—
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower— —
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Fall from Favor
$0.21
0.04 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
—
—
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.90
0.45 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Fall from Favor
$0.21
0.04 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 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
—
—
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (18)
- 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 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 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
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 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
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.79
0.80 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.86
0.03 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
13.96 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Torpor Orb
$3.90
0.45 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Court of Cunning
$4.17
1.86 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$4.01
3.89 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
