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Burst Lightning

Red

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

Burst Lightning, Wizards Play Network 2026 printing
Wizards Play Network 2026 PW26 · No. 20 2026-11-20

Card text

{R}
Instant
Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.
Keywords: Kicker
Telepathy is a powerful gift, but it leaves Betazoids vulnerable to far more powerful psychic entities.
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The 10 printings

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

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Burst Lightning, Wizards Play Network 2026 printing
Wizards Play Network 2026
PW26 · #20
Rare
∅ No QC price
Burst Lightning, Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive printing
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
SOA · #106
Uncommon
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
SeaToSky Games
Burst Lightning, Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive printing
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
SOA · #171
Uncommon
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Everything Games · Condition LP · Silver Scroll Foil
Burst Lightning, Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive printing
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
SOA · #41
Uncommon
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Battleground Games
Burst Lightning, The List printing
The List
PLST · #P10-8
Rare
∅ No QC price
Burst Lightning, The List printing
The List
PLST · #MM2-109
Common
∅ No QC price