Lion's Eye Diamond
Artifact
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"
Illustrated by Margaret Organ-Kean · Mirage (MIR)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Restricted
- Duel Commander
- Banned
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
Rulings
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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.
Archetypes that play this card
Legacy
- LED Dredge 100.0% of lists
- Riddlesmith Storm 100.0% of lists
- Saga Storm 100.0% of lists
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- The EPIC Gamble 100.0% of lists
- The EPIC Storm 100.0% of lists
- Doomsday 98.3% of lists
- Sewer-Cam Combo 35.7% of lists
- Other 4.1% of lists
Premodern
- Doomsday 100.0% of lists
- Ill-Gotten Gains 100.0% of lists
- Other 7.0% of lists
Vintage
- Beseech Storm 88.9% of lists