Blightning
Sorcery
Blightning deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards two cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15891
Blightning deals 3 damage and rips two cards from an opponent's hand for three mana — that's two distinct forms of pressure stapled onto one instant-speed spell. It's efficient enough to see play across multiple formats and is a clean include in any shell that can support black and red.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Blightning is a trap — three mana to poke one opponent for 3 and strip two cards from a 7-card hand barely registers at a four-player table, and the single-target restriction means you're spending a card to minimally inconvenience one person. Pauper is where Blightning actually shines: it's been a staple of Rakdos aggro and discard strategies for years, where hitting one opponent is the whole game and the combined damage-plus-disruption often closes things out. In Legacy and Vintage it's too slow against combo and outclassed by more broken options, but it's a legitimate roleplayer in budget Rakdos builds. Modern has largely passed it by — the three-mana slot is too crowded with more powerful options.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available at this time, but Blightning has been printed often enough across multiple sets that copies are widely accessible and historically cheap. It's the kind of card you're more likely to find in a bulk bin than pay a premium for.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.