Hero card

Lightning Strike

Instant

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

Gives: Spells

In 1% of today's winning lists

Build a deck with Lightning Strike as the hero

Benefits from it

Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage · Emberheart Challenger · Ral, Crackling Wit · Queen Brahne · Mysidian Elder · Ty Lee, Artful Acrobat · Gandalf, Goblins' Bane · Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer

Winning decks play them together

Fanatical Firebrand · Plasma Bolt · Stingcaster Mage · Tersa Lightshatter · Hired Claw · Chandra, Torch of Defiance · Nova Hellkite · Burst Lightning

Use instead if you don't have it

Sear · The Last Agni Kai · Pinecone Strike · Galvanize · Abrade · Scorching Dragonfire

Winning decks that play it

Mono-Red Aggro (2)

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)