---
name: "Blightning"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "156"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "a6496440-dc0c-4d9b-bf37-f537b6f0187b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blightning-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blightning
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Blightning deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards two cards.

> *Aunque el olor de la carne ardiendo es común en Grixis, el aroma de cerebros asados es un manjar delicado.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ozai's Cruelty](/printing/ozais-cruelty-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Rakdos's Return](/printing/rakdoss-return-pio.md) — Sorcery
3. [Radiating Lightning](/printing/radiating-lightning-m19.md) — Instant
4. [Incinerating Blast](/printing/incinerating-blast-fdn.md) — Sorcery
5. [Skullscorch](/printing/skullscorch-tor.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lightning Bolt](/printing/lightning-bolt-sld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #156
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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