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Rhystic Lightning deals 4 damage to any target unless that permanent's controller or that player pays {2 generic}. If they do, Rhystic Lightning deals 2 damage to the permanent or player.
Details
- Rarity
- Common
- First printed
- Prophecy
- Released
- 2000-06-05
- Artist
- Roger Raupp
- Printings
- 1
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.14
- Cheapest foil
- $0.99
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Rhystic Lightning (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 0.1%
- +0.1 ppnew
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.0%
- +0.0 pp
- Lists · 90d
- 3
- 100% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 2.3
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Sligh / Burn1% of lists · 3
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Rhystic Lightning in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Sligh / Burn (1%).
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Printings (1)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Rhystic Lightning — Prophecy #99Prophecy | #99 | $0.14 |
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