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Lightning Volley

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Born of the Gods
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#20196
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Lightning Volley card art
Lightning Volley gives every creature you control haste until end of turn — the whole board, all at once, for four mana. That's the card: it's a finisher enabler, and in the right shell it wins on the spot, most famously alongside Polyraptor where every token enters with haste to immediately threaten damage.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Lightning Volley is a Commander card through and through — mass haste on a board of tokens or combo pieces is far more impactful when you're playing 100-card singleton and need one spell to do real work. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's outclassed by cheaper, more flexible haste grants and rarely sees competitive play. Vintage has no use for it. Lightning Volley occupies a narrow but real niche in Commander: go-wide token decks and infinite-creature combos that need the winning attack to happen at instant speed.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Lightning Volley is bulk — pick it up without a second thought on price. Bulk status here is accurate; this is a narrow combo and synergy piece with no demand spike on the horizon.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.