Printings
Redirect Lightning
Card Information
Type: Instant — Lesson
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 151
Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 2, 2025
If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning.
Source: wotc - October 2, 2025
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.
Source: wotc - October 2, 2025
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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