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Spark Jolt

Instant

Spark Jolt deals 1 damage to any target. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Theros
Price
$0.08
EDHREC rank
#14393
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Spark Jolt card art
Spark Jolt deals 1 damage to any target and draws a card for one mana — the cantrip tag is the whole reason it exists. Outside of Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph, where that 1 damage becomes 3, it's too low-impact to run; inside that deck, it's gas.

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Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Spark Jolt is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have no interest in a sorcery-speed 1-damage spell regardless of the cantrip. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth a second glance, where incremental damage and card parity matter more, but even there faster burn alternatives crowd it out. Commander is where Spark Jolt actually earns a slot, and only in the narrow slice of decks that convert 1-damage pings into something meaningful — chiefly Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph builds. Outside that commander, it's a draft common doing draft-common things.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.08 bulk tier

At $0.08, Spark Jolt is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common box or throw-in trade. Bulk commons with hyper-narrow homes don't appreciate; buy the copies you need and don't think about it again.

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