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Bolt Bend

Red

4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Bolt Bend, Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal printing
Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal TLE · No. 163 2025-11-21

Card text

{3}{R}
Instant
This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
By studying the ways of the Waterbenders, Iroh learned how to redirect lightning.
EDHREC rank #511 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Bolt Bend, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

The single target that the target spell or ability targets doesn't have to be a creature you control with power 4 or greater.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

Once you announce that you're casting Bolt Bend, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change whether you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

Once you've cast Bolt Bend, losing control of all creatures with power 4 or greater won't affect the spell or cause you to pay more mana.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Bolt Bend.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability until Bolt Bend resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Bolt Bend, The List printing
The List
PLST · #WAR-115
Uncommon
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