Branching Bolt
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.35
Cardmarket€0.16
ManaPool$0.20
TCGplayer$0.25
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.02
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.15 tix
90-day paper retail (USD)
3 providers
This printing
SetHOP
Collector #83
Released2009-09-04
Raritycommon
ArtistVance Kovacs
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Branching Bolt

CommonColour IDMV 3
Instant
Choose one or both —
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature without flying.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2008-10-03Newest 2010-06-18Cheapest priced $0.13 in ARC
Rulings (1)
wotc1 Oct 2008
You may choose just the first mode (targeting a creature with flying), just the second mode (targeting a creature without flying), or both modes (targeting a creature with flying and a creature without flying). You can’t choose a mode unless there’s a legal target for it.