Resounding Thunder
Instant
Resounding Thunder deals 3 damage to any target.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, it deals 6 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #29853
Resounding Thunder deals 3 damage for three mana — serviceable but unremarkable — until you cycle it with five lands of different basic types in play, at which point it becomes a free 6-damage spell stapled to a card draw. The cycling payoff is the entire reason to run it; without that threshold, it's a worse Lightning Strike.
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, Resounding Thunder is a fringe inclusion in five-color or heavily cycling-matters decks where hitting the basic land threshold is realistic and the 6-damage mode can pick off a planeswalker or a small commander. In Pauper, it sees occasional play in cycling-synergy shells that want both the card selection and the reach, though dedicated burn decks prefer cheaper spells. In Legacy and Vintage, Resounding Thunder is strictly outclassed — the cycling cost is too steep and the damage ceiling too low to compete. It's a card that earns its slot only when the archetype specifically rewards cycling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Resounding Thunder is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a commons box rather than buy singles. Price stability is a non-issue; it'll stay in this tier indefinitely, and foils aren't worth chasing either.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.