Homing Lightning
Instant
Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #21980
Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to a creature and each other creature with the same name — relevant against token swarms and mirror-match redundancy, irrelevant against unique threats. Four mana for conditional removal that whiffs against most commanders makes it a fringe inclusion at best.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Homing Lightning occupies a narrow niche: it punishes token decks running identical copies of Goblin tokens, Thopters, or Soldier tokens, but folds completely against singleton builds where every creature has a unique name. Competitive and midrange tables don't give it targets worth four mana. In Modern and Pioneer, faster removal — Lightning Bolt, Fatal Push — makes Homing Lightning unplayable on rate. Legacy and Vintage have even less patience for a four-mana sorcery. The card is legal in most formats but has no realistic home in any of them.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Homing Lightning is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand accurately. Don't expect that to change; the effect is too narrow to drive a spike.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.