First printed in Legends (1994)
All 17 prints
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Arena Anthology 3 (AA3) #12, 2025 (digital)
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2047, 2025
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2052, 2025
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Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #55, 2024
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Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #113, 2023
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Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #316, 2023
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #370, 2021
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Jumpstart (JMP) #302, 2020
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Battlebond (BBD) #171, 2018
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Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #26, 2017
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Eternal Masters (EMA) #123, 2016
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Vintage Masters (VMA) #153, 2014 (digital)
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Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning (PD2) #16, 2010
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Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A55, 2010 (digital)
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Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #B14, 2010 (digital)
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Masters Edition III (ME3) #90, 2009 (digital)
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Legends (LEG) #137, 1994
Chain Lightning 
Sorcery
Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to any target. Then that player or that permanent's controller may pay . If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
In the last 30 days 4.2% of Pauper decks played it (4 of 95). Most played in Gruul Rally. In the last 30 days 33.3% of Duel Commander decks played it (3 of 9). Most played in WR (unclassified).
Staple
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Pauper staples:
main deck, 4% of decks (#130)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Creature removal, Burn -
Duel Commander staples:
main deck, 33% of decks (#49)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Creature removal, Burn
Last 120 days of MTGO results.
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Not legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
