---
name: "Barbed Lightning"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Entwine"]
set: "DST"
set_name: "Darksteel"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Hugh Jamieson"
oracle_id: "f6e1eb52-9f13-425c-8309-1b08ed6557db"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/barbed-lightning-dst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Barbed Lightning
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Entwine

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Barbed Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Barbed Lightning deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

> *Every creature on Mirrodin is a lightning rod.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Radiating Lightning](/printing/radiating-lightning-m19.md) — Instant
2. [Harnessed Lightning](/printing/harnessed-lightning-klr.md) — Instant
3. [Arc Lightning](/printing/arc-lightning-usg.md) — Sorcery
4. [Thunderbolt](/printing/thunderbolt-avr.md) — Instant
5. [Rhystic Lightning](/printing/rhystic-lightning-pcy.md) — Instant
6. [Lightning Bolt](/printing/lightning-bolt-sld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Darksteel (DST) #55
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Hugh Jamieson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`