Search
Burst Lightning
Instant
common
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.
Semantic Tags
A spell that deals direct damage to creatures or players.
Specifically removes planeswalkers.
Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.
Format Legality
Price history
Printings (9)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wizards Play Network 2026#20 | rare | · | · | · |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive#41 | uncommon | · | · | · |
| Foundations#192 | common | · | · | · |
| The List#P10-8 | rare | · | · | · |
| The List#MM2-109 | common | · | · | · |
| Modern Masters 2015#109 | common | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#37610 | common | · | · | · |
| Magic Player Rewards 2010#8 | rare | · | · | · |
| Zendikar#119 | common | · | · | · |
Rulings
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
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.
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.
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.