I play modern mono R burn, but today a friend of mine questioned my revised edition lightning bolt because revised isnt modern. I was wondering if i can play it or should I buy the M10 reprint?
Posted Jan 28, 2016, 7:32 PM UTC
The Revised version, and any other version of Lightning Bolt, is legal in Modern.
206.4. Players may include cards from any printing in their constructed decks if those cards appear in sets allowed in that format (or those cards are specifically allowed by the Magic Tournament Rules).
If that were the case, everyone would be using those ugly 9th edition Urza lands in Tron.
You can play it in modern because Lightning Bolt was reprinted in a modern legal set. You could play an Alpha printing and it'd be perfectly fine.
Alpha you need the right sleeves for. If you have clear sleeves can reveal the rounded corners which is grounds for a marked cards game loss.
Unless your entire deck is Alpha cards...
alpha only: burn would be problematic....
Lightning bolt is great but after that you get earthquake, fireball, disintegrate and.... Power Surge? Manabarbs is ok too
[[Psionic Blast]] bro
The card is legal regardless of which issue you use. The only rule is the card must have been printed in a modern legal set
Carefully Sharpie in the white border, it'll be fine.
You can play any printing of a card, as long as that particular card is legal in the format. I played Urza's Legacy Erases in Standard for a bit.
Thanks!