---
name: "Lightning Blow"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Harold McNeill"
oracle_id: "6b7bbdb7-bdd5-4eb1-912e-f2f810772ac8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-blow-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lightning Blow
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

> *"If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them."
—General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Guided Strike](/printing/guided-strike-ima.md) — Instant
2. [Thunder Strike](/printing/thunder-strike-m11.md) — Instant
3. [Shinen of Stars' Light](/printing/shinen-of-stars-light-sok.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Noble Steeds](/printing/noble-steeds-all.md) — Enchantment
5. [Seize the Initiative](/printing/seize-the-initiative-som.md) — Instant
6. [Zealous Strike](/printing/zealous-strike-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Harold McNeill
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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