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Lightning Strike MSH 0142 · common

Lightning Strike · {1}{R} · Instant · Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target. · Invoking Thor's wrath is a mistake few villains are stupid enough—or sturdy enough—to make twice.

Lightning Strike · {1}{R} · Instant · Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target. · Invoking Thor's wrath is a mistake few villains are stupid enough—or sturdy enough—to make twice.

Price
from $0.191 printing
Win rate
56.1% GIH 8,825 instances · Pick-Two Draft
Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 4,955 wins in 8,825 card-in-hand instances.

7,792 distinct games · 3,826 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026.

17Lands file dated Jul 27, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Two mana answers a small creature or finishes an opponent. Keeping mana open can punish a pump spell while preserving your own attack.

More

One-pick Draft
Two mana answers a small creature or finishes an opponent. Keeping mana open can punish a pump spell while preserving your own attack.
Sealed vs Draft
Two mana answers a small creature or finishes an opponent. Keeping mana open can punish a pump spell while preserving your own attack.

Draft data

56.1%when drawn (GIH)

−0.7 pp vs 56.8% average · 8,825 instances

Pick-Two Draft · Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026 · average from 106,417 games

#149 of 259 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.3 on average (21,870 packs).

9 of 37 red cards · 3 of 15 red common cards.

Taken at pick2.87,391 picks
Makes the deck73.3%3,431 picks with known usage
When played53.3%8,584.5 matchesBenched 55.3%
2,805.5 matches
When drawn56.1%8,825 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.9% · 3,605 instances
● Drawn later 56.3% · 5,220 instances

In hand 56.1% · 8,825 instances
Unseen in deck 52.7% · 11,879 instances
+3.5 percentage points when drawn

Compared with red cards

Win rate when drawn56.1%8,825 instances9 of 37
Opening hand55.9%3,605 instances7 of 37
Drawn later56.3%5,220 instances10 of 37
In the deck54.2%20,703 instances12 of 37
Without seeing it52.7%11,879 instances22 of 37
Improvement when drawn+3.5 pp8,825 instances / 11,879 instances5 of 37
When benched55.3%2,805.5 matches22 of 37
Makes the deck73.3%3,431 picks with known usage4 of 37
Pick (last seen)2.321,870 packs7 of 43
Taken at2.87,391 picks6 of 37

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

Artifacts UR59.3%888 instancesNoncreature Spells RW58.3%852 instancesPower-Up RG58.2% ◌426 instancesVillains Matter BR54.5%794 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.1% · 8,825 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

HULK SMASH!6,072 games with both in the deckRepulsor Blast5,945 games with both in the deckKree Sentinel5,589 games with both in the deck
How 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 43% of 259 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

MSH 0142 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilJumpstart Booster Pack · Play Booster · Beginner Box · Beginner Box Case · Welcome Deck Red$0.19
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.33

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.30%) · 33.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 17 packs (5.88%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 133 packs (0.75%) · 20.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (8.73%) · 93.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Play BoosterCommon or source material23 in 24Common
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons
Jumpstart BoosterOne complete 20-card theme100% per positionFixed cards from one of 51 themes

Wizards · Collecting Marvel Super Heroes ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Toni Infante, MSH 142 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Marvel Super Heroes · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗