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Arc Lightning

Magic: The GatheringArena League 2002#3

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Magic: The Gathering

Mana cost

Arena League 2002PAL02 · #3

Card type: Sorcery
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: ★ 4.17 € · ★ 11.80 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Red

Card text

Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
TimelessLegal
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: Andrew Goldhawk
Card language: English
Release date: 2002-01-01

Flavour text

"It is vain to look for a defense against lightning." —Publius Syrus, Maxim 835, trans. Lyman

Rulings

2014-09-20

If some of the creatures are illegal targets as Arc Lightning tries to resolve, the original division of damage still applies but no damage is dealt to the illegal targets. If all targets are illegal, Arc Lightning doesn’t resolve.