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Lie in Wait
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Tarkir: DragonstormTDM · #203
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · ★ 0.16 € · 0.25 $ · ★ 0.30 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue Black Green
Card text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Lie in Wait deals damage equal to that card's power to target creature.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Diana Franco
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-04-11
Flavour text
Some paths through Gurmag Swamp are deserted for good reason.
Rulings
Use the power of the card in the graveyard to determine how much damage Lie in Wait deals to the target creature.
You can’t cast Lie in Wait unless you choose a creature card in your graveyard and a creature on the battlefield as targets.