Lightning Strike (Standard)
Lightning Strike appears in 1.1% of Standard decks in the last 30 days (17 decks), averaging 3.2 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in UR (unclassified).
Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated . How we count
Share of decks
1.1%
▲ 0.7
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
17
16 main, 2 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.2
in the main deck
Win rate
56%
0 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | 0.7% |
| 2026-08-13 | 1.6% |
| 2026-08-20 | 0.4% |
| 2026-08-27 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-03 | 0.4% |
| 2026-09-10 | 0.5% |
| 2026-09-17 | 0.7% |
| 2026-09-24 | 0.0% |
| 2026-10-01 | 1.2% |
| 2026-10-08 | 1.4% |
| 2026-10-15 | 1.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1.0% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Burst Lightning | 100% | 6.2 |
| Hired Claw | 75% | 17.7 |
| Rockface Village | 56% | 20.9 |
| Plasma Bolt | 50% | 61.8 |
| Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage | 50% | 57.0 |
| Emberheart Challenger | 50% | 49.4 |
| Tersa Lightshatter | 44% | 30.9 |
| Nova Hellkite | 44% | 10.5 |
| Soulstone Sanctuary | 44% | 3.3 |
| Fanatical Firebrand | 38% | 69.5 |
| Stingcaster Mage | 38% | 17.9 |
| Shock | 31% | 38.6 |
| Chandra, Torch of Defiance | 25% | 16.9 |
| Hex Magic | 19% | 92.7 |
| Hexing Squelcher | 19% | 69.5 |
| No Admittance | 19% | 46.3 |
| Master of Barbs | 19% | 7.7 |
| Slickshot Show-Off | 19% | 3.6 |
| Cavern of Souls | 19% | 0.9 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| UR (unclassified) | 9.5% | 2% |
| WR (unclassified) | 6.1% | 2% |
| BR (unclassified) | 2.8% | 5% |
| Mono-Red (unclassified) | 0.9% | 71% |