Branching Bolt
Archenemy (ARC) #82 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {1}{R}{G}
Choose one or both —
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature without flying.
"Lightning lives in everything, in living flesh and growing things. It must be set free."
—Rakka Mar
Illustrated by Vance Kovacs · Released June 18, 2010
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.13 USD · €0.20 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: unchanged at $0.13 USD.
Printings
- Archenemy #82 (this printing) · Common · 2010 · $0.13 USD
- Planechase #83 (HOP) · Common · 2009 · $0.25 USD
- Shards of Alara #158 (ALA) · Common · 2008 · $0.19 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — 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.