Lightning Blow

Masters Edition III #18

Lightning Blow - Masters Edition III

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {1}{W}

Card text: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Rarity: common

Artist: Harold McNeill

""If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox"

Released: September 7, 2009

Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✗ Not Legal
Pioneer✗ Not Legal
Modern✗ Not Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

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