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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Branching Bolt

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

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

Expansion:

Shards of Alara

Rarity:

Common

All Sets:

Card Number:

158

Artist:

Vance Kovacs

Rulings

10/1/2008

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.