Hero card

Burst Lightning

Instant

AnswerRemoves or stops the opponent's cards: the deck needs a way to win for it to protect

Needs: Kicker / Bargain / Spree

Gives: Kicker / Bargain / Spree, Spells

In 25% of today's winning lists

Build a deck with Burst Lightning as the hero

Makes it work

Realm-Scorcher Hellkite · Stonesplitter Bolt · Jet's Brainwashing · Whoosh! · Snatch Back · Into the Roil · Brave the Wilds · Tenacious Tomeseeker

Winning decks play them together

Shock · Heroes' Hangout · Slick Sequence · Twinned Vision · Razorkin Needlehead · Scalding Viper · Lightning Strike · Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

Use instead if you don't have it

Torch the Tower · Explosive Derailment · Firebending Lesson · Thunder Magic · Shock · Betrayer's Bargain

Winning decks that play it

Izzet Elemental (3) · Izzet Spells (Elusive Otter) (3) · Boros Dragon (4) · Rakdos Lizard (4)

Cards in the meta that answer it

Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Inevitable Defeat (4-Color Control) · No More Lies (Azorius Control) · We Say Thee Nay! (Dimir Aggro)