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"Find me cards equivalent to: Lightning Storm"

The closest equivalents to Lightning Storm are:
1. Banefire — deals X damage to any target, can't be countered if X ≥
5.
2. Fireball — Red instant that deals X damage, with the ability to split among targets.
3. Crackle with Power — Red instant, deals 5X damage among up to X targets.


Reason: These all are red instants (or commonly played as instants) that deal scalable damage to targets, similar to Lightning Storm, but Lightning Storm is unique in letting players discard lands to increase X.

Found Cards

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Banefire

Crackle with Power

Fireball

Lightning Storm

Banefire #130s Sorcery

Variations: v1 v2
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Converted Cost: 1
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    Rules

  • Banefire can be targeted by spells that try to counter it regardless of what the value of X is. If X is 5 or more, those spells will still resolve, but the part of their effect that would counter Banefire won’t do anything. Any other effects those spells have will work as normal.
  • If its target is illegal by the time Banefire tries to resolve, the spell isn’t countered, but it doesn’t resolve. The target won’t be dealt damage.
  • To determine whether it can be countered and its damage can be prevented, Banefire checks the number you chose for X, not the amount of mana you actually spent or the amount of damage it will actually deal.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 1.95 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD
    Manapool 3.29 USD
    Tcgplayer 5.86 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Banefire deals X damage to any target. If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.

    Crackle with Power #2769 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • If you choose 1 for the value of X, Crackle with Power will cost {3}{R}{R} to cast and deal five damage to a single target. If you choose 2 for the value of X, it will cost {6}{R}{R} to cast and deal ten damage to each of up to two targets, and so on.

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    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Crackle with Power deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.

    Fireball #7 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Fireball's damage is divided as Fireball resolves, not as it's cast, because there are no choices involved. The division involves only targets that are still legal as Fireball resolves.
  • For example, if X is 5 and you choose three target creatures, Fireball has a total cost of {7}{R} (even though its mana cost is just {5}{R} and its mana value is 6). If those creatures are all still legal targets as Fireball resolves, it deals 1 damage to each of them.
  • You can target more than X creatures. However, if the number of legal targets at the time Fireball resolves is greater than X, none of them will be dealt any damage.
  • You may cast Fireball with zero targets, regardless of the value chosen for X. If you do so, it will not be a targeted spell, and no damage will actually be dealt when it resolves.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 4.1 USD
    Tcgplayer 8.12 USD
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD
    Cardmarket 3.33 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first. Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets.

    Lightning Storm #89 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • After an instance of Lightning Storm’s activated ability resolves, the active player (not Lightning Storm’s controller) receives priority.
  • Lightning Storm has an activated ability that can be activated only while the spell is on the stack. Any player may activate that ability. When the ability is activated, it goes on the stack on top of Lightning Storm. When the ability resolves, the Lightning Storm spell is affected.
  • When Lightning Storm leaves the stack, its charge counters go away.
  • When Lightning Storm’s activated ability resolves, if there are no other legal targets to choose for the Lightning Storm spell, you must leave the target the same, even if it’s now an illegal target.
  • When you cast Lightning Storm, you immediately have a chance to activate its ability since you’ll have priority. If you don’t, and all other players pass, the spell will resolve. You won’t receive priority again — and thus won’t get another chance to activate its ability — unless someone else activates Lightning Storm’s activated ability, casts some other spell, or activates some other ability.

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    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.19 USD / 1.3 USD
    Cardkingdom / 4.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.28 EUR / 0.91 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.28 USD / 2.52 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Lightning Storm deals X damage to any target, where X is 3 plus the number of charge counters on Lightning Storm. Discard a land card: Put two charge counters on Lightning Storm. You may choose a new target for it. Any player may activate this ability but only if Lightning Storm is on the stack.