Galvanic Bombardment
Instant
Galvanic Bombardment deals X damage to target creature, where X is 2 plus the number of cards named Galvanic Bombardment in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #27270
Galvanic Bombardment is a conditional burn spell that scales with copies — one mana for 2 damage, three mana for 4, six mana for 6 — making it excellent in formats where you can reliably stack multiples. Outside of dedicated spellslinger or storm shells, it's a worse Lightning Bolt that requires setup.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Galvanic Bombardment is a fringe inclusion: singleton rules cap it at one copy, so you're paying one mana for 2 damage, which rarely kills the threats that matter at a four-player table. Pauper is where it actually shines — common-only pools reward efficient burn, and spellslinger decks can chain copies within a single game to push it to 4 or 6 damage. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by Lightning Bolt and Play with Fire, but budget aggro or storm-adjacent builds can find a use for the scaling ceiling. Legacy and Vintage have so many superior options that it never sees play.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Galvanic Bombardment is pure bulk — buy a playset for pocket change and never think about it again. The price reflects its narrow competitive window; it won't climb unless a Pauper archetype breaks wide open.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.