Thunder Strike
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic 2014M14 · #159
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.02 € · ★ 0.11 € · 0.12 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Wayne Reynolds
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2013-07-19
Flavour text
Lightning reflexes, thunderous might.
Rulings
If a creature doesn’t have first strike, granting it first strike after combat damage has been dealt in the first-strike 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.
Thunder Strike can target any creature, even one that already has first strike or double strike. (If it affects such a creature, it will, in effect, just give it +2/+0.)
