Lightning Bolt FCA 0040 · uncommon
Lightning Bolt · {R} · Instant · Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
- Price
- from $0.693 printings
- Win rate
- 60.4% GIH 14,250 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Job
- Answers
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 8,600 wins in 14,250 card-in-hand instances.
14,202 distinct games · 5,339 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Play
One red mana deals three to any target. Use it to remove a key payoff, interrupt a combat trick, or finish the opponent when three damage is enough.
More
- One-pick Draft
- One red mana deals three to any target. Use it to remove a key payoff, interrupt a combat trick, or finish the opponent when three damage is enough.
- Sealed vs Draft
- One red mana deals three to any target. Use it to remove a key payoff, interrupt a combat trick, or finish the opponent when three damage is enough.
Draft data
+4.6 pp vs 55.7% average · 14,250 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#33 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.5 on average (16,365 packs).
4 of 51 red cards · 3 of 19 red uncommon cards.
4,127 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 58.9% · 5,717 instances
● Drawn later 61.3% · 8,533 instances
In hand 60.4% · 14,250 instances
Unseen in deck 54.9% · 18,747 instances
+5.5 percentage points when drawn
Compared with red cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
Big Noncreatures UR63.8%3,747 instancesBlack Mage Aggro BR62.5%1,745 instancesEquipment Aggro RW58.0%2,172 instancesLandfall Aggro RG56.5%655 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (60.4% · 14,250 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Warrior's Sword+4.2 pp11,177 games with both in the deck · 2,278 both drawnQuistis Trepe+6.6 pp3,779 games with both in the deck · 847 both drawnWeapons Vendor+6.4 pp3,885 games with both in the deck · 750 both drawnHow to read this
Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.
At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.
Where it sits in the set
Above 90% of 330 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.69 |
| Foil | Collector Booster | $1.67 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 50 packs (2.01%) · 21.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 50 packs (2.01%) · 21.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 81 packs (1.24%) · 31.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Common or Through the Ages | 1 in 3 | Through the Ages |
| Collector Booster | Through the Ages | 50% | Nonfoil Through the Ages |
| Collector Booster | Through the Ages | 50% | Traditional foil Through the Ages |
Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Toshitaka Matsuda, FCA 40 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Through the Ages · Borderless printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗