Branching Bolt

Branching Bolt from Shards of Alara. Common MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Paupercommander Legal
Penny Legal
Predh Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Shards of Alara  
Card Type Instant
Rarity   Common  
Mana Cost
Card Text Choose one or both —
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature without flying.
Flavor Text "Lightning lives in everything, in living flesh and growing things. It must be set free."
—Rakka Mar
Card Number #158
Artist Vance Kovacs
Card Languages Chinese Simplified , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish
Frame Version 2003
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 20906
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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2008-10-01

You may choose just the first mode (targeting a creature with flying), just the second mode (targeting a creature without flying), or both modes (targeting a creature with flying and a creature without flying). You can’t choose a mode unless there’s a legal target for it.