Lightning, Army of One
Lightning, Army of One: Legendary Creature - Human Soldier, Final Fantasy. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 233
- Artist
- Shiyu
- Commander rank
- 2,523 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Lifelink, Stagger, First strike, Trample, Double
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Lightning, Army of One
Lightning, Army of One is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and red legendary creature from Final Fantasy (FIN), an expansion set released in June 2025. It is collector number 233 in that set, with art by Shiyu. It costs {1}{R}{W} (one generic, one white and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.32 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Lightning, Army of One by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Lightning, Army of One
Lightning, Army of One has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #320 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #400 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #498 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #545 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy Promos (PFIN) #233s | Mythic | 2025 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Lightning, Army of One, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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