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Thunder Strike

Thunder Strike Price

3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2010

Cheapest $0.08
Median $0.12
Highest $0.19
EDHREC Rank #25,390

Thunder Strike has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2010 and most recently in 2018. Right now the cheapest printing is Magic 2011 #157 at $0.08, while the most expensive is Battlebond #185 at $0.19 — about 2× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.12. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 3x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Battlebond).

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Every Thunder Strike Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Magic 2011 #157 (C) Cheapest 2010 $0.08 —
Magic 2014 #159 (C) 2013 $0.12 —
Battlebond #185 (C) 2018 $0.19 —

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.

Oracle Text
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Legal In
Pioneer Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Pauper Penny Dreadful PreDH

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

2 Precedents

If a creature doesn’t have first strike, granting it first strike after combat damage has been dealt in the first-strike combat damage step won’t prevent it from dealing combat damage. It will still assign and deal its combat damage in the second combat damage step.

Thunder Strike can target any creature, even one that already has first strike or double strike. (If it affects such a creature, it will, in effect, just give it +2/+0.)