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Lie in Wait

one black manaone green manaone blue manaSorcery

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Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Lie in Wait deals damage equal to that card's power to target creature.

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0.25 $

Foil 0.30 $

6 printings

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Lie in Wait rulings

  • You can’t cast Lie in Wait unless you choose a creature card in your graveyard and a creature on the battlefield as targets.

  • Use the power of the card in the graveyard to determine how much damage Lie in Wait deals to the target creature.

Lie in Wait format legality

Constructed

  • StandardLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • Future StandardLegal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • AlchemyLegal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • BrawlLegal
  • Standard BrawlLegal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal

Other

  • TLRLegal

All printings of Lie in Wait 6

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