---
name: "Lightning Hounds"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Dog"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "201"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Andrew Robinson"
oracle_id: "b50c2f63-750c-4cfc-8a74-5a7a3d9b46c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-hounds-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lightning Hounds
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Dog
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lightning Wolf](/printing/lightning-wolf-dbl.md) — Creature — Wolf
2. [Deer-Dog](/printing/deer-dog-tle.md) — Creature — Elk Dog
3. [Warclamp Mastiff](/printing/warclamp-mastiff-m13.md) — Creature — Dog
4. [Patrol Hound](/printing/patrol-hound-ody.md) — Creature — Dog
5. [Kessig Wolf](/printing/kessig-wolf-isd.md) — Creature — Wolf
6. [Bolt Hound](/printing/bolt-hound-j22.md) — Creature — Elemental Dog

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #201
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Andrew Robinson
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`