“Lightning reflexes, thunderous might.”
Thunder Strike
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Instant
Mana Cost: {1}{R}
Oracle Rules Text: Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Flavor Text: Lightning reflexes, thunderous might.
Set: Battlebond (#185), Rarity: Common, Artist: Wayne Reynolds
Instant
Red
Common
$0.08
Regular
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (2)
2010-08-15
If a creature doesn’t have first strike, granting it first strike after combat damage has been dealt in the first-strike combat damage step won’t prevent it from dealing combat damage. It will still assign and deal its combat damage in the second combat damage step.
2010-08-15
Thunder Strike can target any creature, even one that already has first strike or double strike. (If it affects such a creature, it will, in effect, just give it +2/+0.)
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