
Card database
Bolt Bend
Legal
Type line
Instant
Oracle text
This spell costs less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Rulings
- If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Bolt Bend, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.2024-11-08
- The single target that the target spell or ability targets doesn't have to be a creature you control with power 4 or greater.2024-11-08
- Once you announce that you're casting Bolt Bend, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change whether you control a creature with power 4 or greater.2024-11-08
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, 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.2024-11-08
- Once you've cast Bolt Bend, losing control of all creatures with power 4 or greater won't affect the spell or cause you to pay more mana.2024-11-08
- If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Bolt Bend.2024-11-08
- You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability until Bolt Bend resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.2024-11-08
Market price
$5.84
Commanders that play this card

Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
9 decks

Kratos, Stoic Father
3 decks

Dargo, the Shipwrecker
2 decks

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
1 deck

Jeska, Thrice Reborn
1 deck

Kefka, Dancing Mad
1 deck

Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
1 deck

Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
1 deck

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
1 deck

Ozai, the Phoenix King
1 deck

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
1 deck
Use over time
18 public decks with Bolt Bend saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.
Jul 27This week
Often played with
Across the 22 public decks that play Bolt Bend.
22 of 22 (100%)
22 of 22 (100%)
20 of 22 (91%)
20 of 22 (91%)
20 of 22 (91%)
19 of 22 (86%)
18 of 22 (82%)
17 of 22 (77%)
17 of 22 (77%)
17 of 22 (77%)