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Lightning Axe

{R}

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Time Spiral·tsp #168·Common·2006·Art by Dan Murayama Scott
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal
Lightning Axe
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Oracle Text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay {5}.

Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.

"A gargoyle's meat can be carved with an ordinary cleaver, but for its petrous hide . . ." —Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, *The Underworld Cookbook*

Set
Time Spiral (TSP)
Number
#168
Rarity
Common
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.46
USD Foil
$7.30
EUR
€0.13
EUR Foil
€3.94
MTGO Tix
0.03

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings1

3/19/2021·wotc

The mana value of Lightning Axe is 1, no matter which additional cost you paid.

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