---
name: "Lightning Surge"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Threshold", "Flashback"]
set: "JUD"
set_name: "Judgment"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ron Spears"
oracle_id: "dc55e69e-e1b8-4129-902c-c71bcb952418"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-surge-jud"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lightning Surge
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Threshold, Flashback

## Oracle Text
Lightning Surge deals 4 damage to any target.
Threshold — If there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, instead Lightning Surge deals 6 damage to that permanent or player and the damage can't be prevented.
Flashback {5}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rhystic Lightning](/printing/rhystic-lightning-pcy.md) — Instant
2. [Lightning Blast](/printing/lightning-blast-tpr.md) — Instant
3. [Lightning Storm](/printing/lightning-storm-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Boulder Salvo](/printing/boulder-salvo-pio.md) — Sorcery
5. [Electro's Bolt](/printing/electros-bolt-spm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Light Up the Night](/printing/light-up-the-night-dbl.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Judgment (JUD) #96
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ron Spears
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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