wotc
You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #290
Lantern Flare
dbl·#290·rare·foil
Illus. Lie Setiawan
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jan '22
4 yr ago
Value
$0.25+$0 (+8.7%)
30 days high $0.25 · low $0.23
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.02USD$0.25TIX0.03 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #19,674 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Cleave {X}{R}{W} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Lantern Flare deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life. [X is the number of creatures you control.]
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
wotc
If you're paying the cleave cost, you choose the value of X.
Context
Last observed at $0.25, up from $0.23 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.25 across 36 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 17 hours ago at $0.25.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DBL — 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 *Innistrad: Double Feature* (released January 2022).
Card #290 in Innistrad: Double Feature.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Instant. Color identity: red/white. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Cleave.
Legal in Tlr, Duel, Brawl, Penny, Legacy, and Modern.
EDHrec ranks this card #19,674 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Lie Setiawan.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Lie Setiawan
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