Arc Lightning
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.27 € · 0.19 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
Format legality
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Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Andrew Goldhawk
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1999-08-04
Flavour text
Rainclouds don't last long in Shiv, but that doesn't stop the lightning.
Rulings
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.
You choose how many targets Arc Lightning has and how the damage is divided as you cast the spell. Each target must receive at least 1 damage.