
Card database
Redirect Lightning
Legal
Type line
Instant — Lesson
Oracle text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or pay . 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 Redirect Lightning, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.2025-10-02
- You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability until Redirect Lightning 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.2025-10-02
- If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning.2025-10-02
Market price
$12.12
Commanders that play this card

Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
8 decks

Fin Fang Foom
4 decks

Kratos, Stoic Father
3 decks

Dargo, the Shipwrecker
2 decks

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
2 decks

Ureni of the Unwritten
2 decks

Vivi Ornitier
2 decks

Anje Falkenrath
1 deck

Gut, True Soul Zealot
1 deck

Jeska, Thrice Reborn
1 deck

Kefka, Dancing Mad
1 deck

Magda, Brazen Outlaw
1 deck

Ozai, the Phoenix King
1 deck

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
1 deck

Sami, Wildcat Captain
1 deck

Smaug the Impenetrable
1 deck

Tiamat
1 deck

Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man
1 deck

Toph, the First Metalbender
1 deck

Winota, Joiner of Forces
1 deck

Zada, Hedron Grinder
1 deck
Use over time
29 public decks with Redirect Lightning 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 37 public decks that play Redirect Lightning.
37 of 37 (100%)
36 of 37 (97%)
33 of 37 (89%)
32 of 37 (86%)
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29 of 37 (78%)
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29 of 37 (78%)
27 of 37 (73%)