Burst Lightning Price
11 printings · 8 sets · first printed 2009
Burst Lightning has been printed 11 times across 8 sets, first in 2009 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Zendikar #119 at $0.18, while the most expensive is Magic Player Rewards 2010 #8 at $16.60 — about 92× more. The median across 9 priced printings is $0.33. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 11x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Modern Masters 2015.
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Every Burst Lightning Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zendikar #119 (C) Cheapest | 2009 | $0.18 | $0.08 |
| Modern Masters 2015 #109 (C) | 2015 | $0.21 | $0.04 |
| Foundations #192 (C) | 2024 | $0.24 | $0.12 foil |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #41 (U) | 2026 | $0.27 | $0.03 |
| The List #MM2-109 (C) | 2019 | $0.33 | $0.04 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #106 (U) | 2026 | $0.96 | $0.72 |
| The List #P10-8 (R) | 2020 | $7.81 | $6.90 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #171 (U) Foil | 2026 | $9.21 | — |
| Magic Player Rewards 2010 #8 (R) | 2010 | $16.60 | $4.50 |
| Wizards Play Network 2026 #20 (R) | 2026 | — | — |
| Magic Online Promos #37610 (C) Foil | 2014 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 11 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsThe kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.