Radiating Lightning
Instant
Radiating Lightning deals 3 damage to target player and 1 damage to each creature that player controls.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #18756
Radiating Lightning hits a creature for 3 and pings every opponent for 1 — four bodies' worth of reach on a single spell for three mana. Efficient in Commander, forgettable everywhere else.
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, Radiating Lightning earns its slot by doing double duty: it answers a creature and drains three opponents simultaneously, which makes it quietly good in go-wide or burn-adjacent strategies. In Pauper it's a fringe consideration, but three mana for a sorcery-speed Lightning Strike variant gets undercut by faster, cheaper options. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have enough redundancy at this effect that Radiating Lightning never competes for slots. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic — three opponents means three free pings — so the card performs best wherever extra players are sitting across from you.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Radiating Lightning is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage. Bulk commons this functional don't appreciate, but they also don't need to; the card earns its spot on utility alone.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.