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"Find me cards equivalent to: Thunderbolt"

Cards equivalent to Thunderbolt (Instant, Red, damage, optional mode):
1. Lightning Strike
Instant, deals 3 damage to any target. Simple burn at instant speed.
2. Searing Spear
Instant, deals 3 damage to any target. Similar to Lightning Strike.
3. Electrolyze (Red/Blue)
Instant, divides 2 damage as chosen among targets, draws a card. (Note: Multicolor.)
4. Lava Coil
Sorcery, not instant—deals 4 to a creature, but exile effect. Less flexible.
5. Skewer the Critics
Sorcery with spectacle, deals 3 to any target. Not instant, but similar effect.

Best match(es) for instant, red, variable damage:
Thunderbolt, Lightning Strike, Searing Spear—but neither Lightning Strike nor Searing Spear have the flying option; the unique option is why Thunderbolt stands out. Red doesn’t have many instants with the exact flying clause.

Summary:
Closest equivalents are Lightning Strike and Searing Spear for damage at instant speed, but Thunderbolt with flying option is unique in red instants.

Found Cards

6 Results

Electrolyze

Lava Coil

Lightning Strike

Searing Spear

Skewer the Critics

Thunderbolt

Electrolyze #123 Instant

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • If Electrolyze targets two creatures and one becomes an illegal target, the remaining target is dealt 1 damage, not 2. You'll still draw a card.
  • If all chosen targets are illegal as Electrolyze tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No damage will be dealt and you won't draw a card.
  • You divide the damage as you cast Electrolyze, not as it resolves. Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage. In other words, as you cast Electrolyze, you choose whether to have it deal 2 damage to a single target, or deal 1 damage to each of two targets.

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    Tcgplayer 2.63 USD 3.72 USD 1.57 USD
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD 3.99 USD 5.99 USD
    Cardmarket 5.07 EUR / 3.24 EUR
    Manapool 2.59 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Electrolyze deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets. Draw a card.

    Lava Coil #2019-4 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Rules

  • Lava Coil's replacement effect will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage. It applies to the target creature even if Lava Coil deals no damage to it (due to a prevention effect).

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    Cardmarket 2.38 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Lava Coil deals 4 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

    Lightning Strike #146 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.18 USD / 0.32 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.15 EUR 0.1 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target.

    Searing Spear #1 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Manapool 0.22 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.48 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Cardmarket 0.59 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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    Searing Spear deals 3 damage to any target.

    Skewer the Critics #26 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Spectacle

    Rules

  • A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
  • Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
  • Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.39 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.18 USD / 0.21 USD
    Cardmarket 0.17 EUR / 0.21 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD

    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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    Spectacle (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Skewer the Critics deals 3 damage to any target.

    Thunderbolt #19 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Cardmarket 0.18 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.3 USD
    Manapool 0.21 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD

    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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    Choose one — • Thunderbolt deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Thunderbolt deals 4 damage to target creature with flying.