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Lightning Rift
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Dominaria RemasteredDMR · #129
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.10 € · ★ 0.22 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.11 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Whenever a player cycles a card, you may pay . If you do, this enchantment deals 2 damage to any target.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Eric Peterson
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-01-13
Flavour text
Options will cost you, but a lack of them will cost you even more.
Rulings
You choose the target when Lightning Rift’s ability is put on the stack, but you choose whether to pay the mana as the ability resolves. Once you make that choice, no player may take actions until the damage is dealt and the ability has finished resolving.
