Lightning Bolt (Modern)
Lightning Bolt appears in 22.9% of Modern decks in the last 90 days (2172 decks), averaging 3.5 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Prowess.
Share of decks
22.9%
▲ 5.3
vs previous 90 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
2172
2124 main, 68 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.5
in the main deck
Win rate
62%
279 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 16.6% |
| 2026-08-17 | 16.2% |
| 2026-08-24 | 19.3% |
| 2026-08-31 | 18.2% |
| 2026-09-07 | 18.2% |
| 2026-09-14 | 20.1% |
| 2026-09-21 | 21.6% |
| 2026-09-28 | 28.3% |
| 2026-10-05 | 32.0% |
| 2026-10-12 | 37.6% |
| 2026-10-19 | 31.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 26.7% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Arid Mesa | 79% | 2.6 |
| Bloodstained Mire | 67% | 2.9 |
| Mishra's Bauble | 60% | 2.8 |
| Steam Vents | 58% | 2.1 |
| Wooded Foothills | 58% | 2.3 |
| Thundering Falls | 53% | 2.5 |
| Scalding Tarn | 49% | 2.0 |
| Dragon's Rage Channeler | 43% | 4.5 |
| Preordain | 42% | 2.7 |
| Monastery Swiftspear | 41% | 4.5 |
| Cori-Steel Cutter | 40% | 4.2 |
| Lava Dart | 39% | 4.4 |
| Expressive Iteration | 37% | 4.5 |
| Fiery Islet | 37% | 2.8 |
| Blood Crypt | 34% | 3.4 |
| Slickshot Show-Off | 33% | 4.5 |
| Mutagenic Growth | 33% | 4.5 |
| Unholy Heat | 30% | 3.5 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | 30% | 2.6 |
| Marsh Flats | 27% | 1.1 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| Prowess | 8.6% | 100% |
| Boros Energy | 6.6% | 38% |
| Moonshadow | 4.3% | 93% |
| Ruby Storm | 3.4% | 2% |
| Domain Zoo | 3.2% | 93% |
| WR (unclassified) | 2.8% | 20% |
| WUBRG (unclassified) | 2.5% | 7% |
| Mono-Green (unclassified) | 2.3% | 9% |