Manastone

Cards/Ice Age/Lightning Blow

Lightning Blow

{1}{W}

Instant

Ice Age·ice #42·Rare·1995·Art by Harold McNeill
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

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

Card Knowledge

Printing History

Preparing printing history…

Value over time

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings2

10/1/2009·wotc

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.

10/1/2009·wotc

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.

Print Details

Set
Ice Age (ICE)
Number
#42
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Harold McNeill
Frame
1993
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil

Value

USD
$1.00
EUR
€1.06

Indicative figures.