Redirect Lightning
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or pay 2.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-10-02
If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.
- 2025-10-02
You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability until Redirect Lightning resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.
- 2025-10-02
If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Redirect Lightning, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zada, Hedron Grinder | 2 | 0 | — |
| Dargo, the Shipwrecker | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kratos, God of War | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kroxa and Kunoros | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tymna the Weaver | 1 | 0 | — |
| Veyran, Voice of Duality | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Red 3 decks
- Mardu 2 decks
- Izzet 1 deck
Every version of Redirect Lightning
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $11.88
- Foil
- $13.86
Promo
Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos
- Foil
- $27.71
Showcase
- Normal
- $18.56
- Foil
- $25.64
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Redirect Lightning — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.