Lightning Blow

Lightning Blow

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Instant

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

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

★ Reserved List #26,937 EDHREC 🖌 Harold McNeill

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Rulings (2)

If the targeted creature doesn’t have first strike, granting it first strike after combat damage has been dealt in the first combat damage step won’t prevent it from dealing combat damage. It will still assign and deal its combat damage in the second combat damage step.

10/01/2009

You may target any creature, not just one that doesn’t have first strike. If the targeted creature already has first strike as Lightning Blow resolves, Lightning Blow won’t affect it (since multiple instances of first strike are redundant), but you’ll still draw a card at the beginning of the next turn’s upkeep.

10/01/2009

Legality by format

Brawl Not legal
Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Old School Not legal
Pauper Legal
Pioneer Not legal
Premodern Legal
Standard Not legal
Vintage Legal
Block Constructed Not legal
Extended Not legal
Frontier Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal