Lightning Spear
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has trample.
, Sacrifice this Equipment: It deals 3 damage to any target.
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16655
Lightning Spear is a one-mana instant that deals 3 damage — playable rate, nothing more. It trades efficiency for a low floor, and in most formats something better exists at that cost.
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, Lightning Spear is too narrow — one target, 3 damage rarely ends a game, and spot burn is generally underpowered when you're facing three opponents with 40 life each. Pauper is the format where Lightning Spear is most at home, slotting into aggressive red decks that need cheap, flexible reach to close out games. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's legal but outclassed by alternatives with more damage, cantrip effects, or broader targeting. The card occupies the bottom tier of playability across competitive formats, functional but rarely the right call.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Lightning Spear isn't currently available, but as a common-rarity burn spell it typically sits in bulk territory — expect to pay next to nothing. At that price it's worth owning a copy if you play Pauper aggro, but there's no urgency to track one down for other formats.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.