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Lightning Axe
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The ListPLST · #TSP-168
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.18 € · 0.20 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Red
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay . Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-26
Flavour text
"A gargoyle's meat can be carved with an ordinary cleaver, but for its petrous hide . . ." —Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, *The Underworld Cookbook*
Rulings
The mana value of Lightning Axe is 1, no matter which additional cost you paid.
