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Arc Lightning
CommonColour IDMV 3
Sorcery
Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
12 other English printingsEarliest 1998-10-12Newest 2024-08-02Cheapest priced $0.05 in KTK
Rulings (2)
wotc20 Sept 2014
You choose how many targets Arc Lightning has and how the damage is divided as you cast the spell. Each target must receive at least 1 damage.
wotc20 Sept 2014
If some of the creatures are illegal targets as Arc Lightning tries to resolve, the original division of damage still applies but no damage is dealt to the illegal targets. If all targets are illegal, Arc Lightning doesn’t resolve.
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