---
name: "Lightning Talons"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "BBD"
set_name: "Battlebond"
collector_number: "180"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Johann Bodin"
oracle_id: "4a2a7eca-3477-4858-9dab-ba80d4d704cd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-talons-bbd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lightning Talons
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and has first strike. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

> *「被害者の死因は鉤爪による裂傷か稲妻の直撃。あるいはその両方。」 ――ウォジェクの調査官、ペール・ジャヴァ*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vow of Lightning](/printing/vow-of-lightning-pz1.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Reflexes](/printing/reflexes-7ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Lance](/printing/lance-cei.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Lightning Reflexes](/printing/lightning-reflexes-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Flaming Sword](/printing/flaming-sword-mmq.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Lightning Wolf](/printing/lightning-wolf-dbl.md) — Creature — Wolf

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battlebond (BBD) #180
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Johann Bodin
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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