Lightning, Army of One
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
First strike, trample, lifelink
Stagger — Whenever Lightning deals combat damage to a player, until your next turn, if a source would deal damage to that player or a permanent that player controls, it deals double that damage instead.
"Lightning. It flashes bright, then fades away. It can't protect. It only destroys."
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- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN #233)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Artist
- Shiyu
- EDHREC rank
- #2,468
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 1
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Genji Glove
- Puresteel Paladin
- Duelist's Heritage
- Buster Sword
- Lizard Blades
- Lightning Bolt
- Brotherhood Regalia
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
- Aurelia, the Warleader
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
- Rogue's Passage
- Full Throttle
- Karlach, Fury of Avernus
- Sword of the Animist
- Bastion Protector
- Combat Celebrant
- Sram, Senior Edificer
- Sigarda's Aid
- Stoneforge Mystic
- The Reaver Cleaver
- Aggravated Assault
- Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Forge Anew
- Steelshaper's Gift
- Restoration Magic
- Trailblazer's Boots
- Akiri, Fearless Voyager
- Blade Historian
- Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
- The Spear of Leonidas
- Deflecting Palm
- Hammer of Nazahn
- Slayers' Stronghold
- Colossus Hammer
- Open the Armory
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Boros Charm
- Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
- Mother of Runes
- Lightning Greaves
- Danitha Capashen, Paragon
- Seize the Day
- Reyav, Master Smith
- Embercleave
- Mithril Coat
- Sword of Fire and Ice
- Arena of Glory
- Lightning Helix
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Mountain
- Plains
- Sol Ring
- Command Tower
- Arcane Signet
- Clifftop Retreat
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Swords to Plowshares
- Boros Charm
- Rogue's Passage
- Genji Glove
- Puresteel Paladin
- Battlefield Forge
- Path to Exile
- Sacred Foundry
- Aurelia, the Warleader
- Talisman of Conviction
- Sword of the Animist
- Duelist's Heritage
- Lightning Bolt
- Rugged Prairie
- Buster Sword
- Sram, Senior Edificer
- Lightning Greaves
- Lizard Blades
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
- Brotherhood Regalia
- Furycalm Snarl
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
- Sundown Pass
- Boros Signet
- Spectator Seating
- Sigarda's Aid
- Deflecting Palm
- Slayers' Stronghold
- Blasphemous Act
- Combat Celebrant
- Full Throttle
- Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
- The Reaver Cleaver
- Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
- Karlach, Fury of Avernus
- Stoneforge Mystic
- Bastion Protector
- Steelshaper's Gift
- Forge Anew
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Akiri, Fearless Voyager
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Restoration Magic
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-06-06
If another effect (or effects) modifies how much damage a source you control would deal—by preventing some of it, for example—the player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses the order in which any such effects (including Lightning's) apply. If all of the damage is prevented, Lightning's effect no longer applies.
- 2025-06-06
If damage dealt by a source you control is being divided or assigned among multiple permanents and/or players, that damage is divided or assigned before doubling. For example, if you attack with a 5/5 creature with trample and it's blocked by a 2/2 creature, you can assign 2 damage to the blocker and 3 damage to the defending player. Those amounts are then doubled to 4 and 6, respectively.
- 2025-06-06
The damage is dealt by the same source as the original source of damage. The doubled damage isn't dealt by Lightning unless it was the original source of damage.