You choose the target when Lightning Rift’s ability is put on the stack, but you choose whether to pay the mana as the ability resolves. Once you make that choice, no player may take actions until the damage is dealt and the ability has finished resolving.
Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $0.09, holding the same level over the trailing thirty days. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.18 across 46 observations — a stable band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DMR — 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.
Card #129 of *Dominaria Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2023 Dominaria Remastered release.
Card type: Enchantment, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #17,096 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Eric Peterson. Rarix catalogs 232 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Eric Peterson
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