Lightning Rod

The Lighting Rod is a legendary rod wielded by the Izumi clan in the Magical Girl Team Lucky Star anime.

History
The Lightning Rod's earliest history was created back in the late 19th century. A distant sorcerer of the Izumi clan used a spell card and a wooden stick to create the rod. The rod was passed two generations down to the hands of Kanata Izumi, Konata's mother. The rod was used to defeat The Staatmeister in 1972.

The Lighting Rod was used during The Invasion of '83 to defeat Team Ankoku army, during a battle with Dr. Manhole, Kanata was killed. Fifteen years later, Kanata reappeared as a pacteria-like youkai and gave Konata the Lightning Rod and used it to defeat Team Ankoku three times.