USD
$1.31
USD foil
$1.94
EUR
€0.77
MTGO
0.03 tix
Lightning Helix
Instant
Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
"Mages in the Blood Age would call down actual thunderstorms on their enemies. I bet we can replicate their technique." —Dradiel, Lorehold mage-student
- Set
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA #62)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 2021-04-23
- Artist
- Minttu Hynninen
- EDHREC rank
- #3,735
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil, Etched
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.24
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Rulings
- 2024-02-02
If the chosen target is illegal when Lightning Helix tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain 3 life.