Leyline of Lightning
Enchantment
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay 
. If you do, this enchantment deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Where storm and spellcraft converge.
- Set
- Guildpact (GPT #68)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2006-02-03
- Artist
- Paolo Parente
- EDHREC rank
- #12,997
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2006-02-01
If you cast a creature with bloodthirst while Leyline of Lightning is on the battlefield, you may use the Leyline's ability to deal damage to an opponent. If you do, that damage is dealt before the creature spell resolves, and the creature will enter with counters from its bloodthirst ability.
- 2021-03-19
A player's "opening hand" is the hand of cards the player has after all players have taken mulligans. If players have any cards in hand that allow actions to be taken with them from a player's opening hand, the starting player takes all such actions first in any order, followed by each other player in turn order. Then the first turn begins.
- 2023-09-01
While resolving Leyline of Lightning's second ability, you can't pay
multiple times to deal damage multiple times.