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Lion's Eye Diamond

zero manaArtifact

Card text

Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.

Held in the lion's eye —Zhalfirin saying meaning "caught in the moment of crisis"

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805.65 $

9 printings

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Lion's Eye Diamond rulings

  • The ability is a mana ability, so it is activated and resolves as a mana ability, but it can only be activated at times when you can cast an instant. Yes, this is a bit weird.

Lion's Eye Diamond format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerNot legal
  • ModernNot legal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageRestricted
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernLegal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerBanned
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderBanned
  • PreDHLegal

Arena & online

  • HistoricNot legal
  • TimelessNot legal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorNot legal
  • BrawlNot legal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlNot legal

Other

  • TLRBanned

All printings of Lion's Eye Diamond 9

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