wotc
Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #90
Lightning Runner
aer·#90·mythic·nonfoil
Illus. Raymond Swanland
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jan '17
9 yr ago
Value
$0.28+$0 (+3.7%)
30 days high $0.28 · low $0.27
Volatility · stable
EUR€0.60USD$0.28TIX0.02 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #4,618 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Human Warrior
Double strike, haste
Whenever this creature attacks, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay eight {E}. If you pay, untap all creatures you control, and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
"Catch me if you can."
2/2
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 10
wotc
If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
wotc
Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
Context
Last observed at $0.28, up from $0.27 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.51 across 32 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 16 hours ago at $0.28.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from AER — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Aether Revolt* (released January 2017).
Card #90 in Aether Revolt.
Rarity tier: mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities.
Card type: Creature — Human Warrior. Color identity: red. Mana cost: {3}{R}{R} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Haste and Double strike.
Legal in Duel, Penny, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage.
EDHrec ranks this card #4,618 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Raymond Swanland.
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