Burst Lightning

Name
Burst Lightning

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Wizards Play Network 2026

Rarity
Rare

Text

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.


Flavor Text

Telepathy is a powerful gift, but it leaves Betazoids vulnerable to far more powerful psychic entities.


Number
#20

Other Prints
Foundations
Modern Masters 2015
Magic Player Rewards 2010
The List
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Magic Online Promos
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
Zendikar

Legal Formats
Alchemy | Brawl | Commander | Duel | Future | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pauper | Pauper Commander | Penny | Pioneer | Standard | Standard Brawl | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Paper

Rulings

(08/11/2024)
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.


(08/11/2024)
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."


(08/11/2024)
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.


(08/11/2024)
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.


(08/11/2024)
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.


(08/11/2024)
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.


Artist
Néstor Ossandón Leal

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