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◇ Catalog #225

Diamond Lion

mh2·#225·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Howard Lyon

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wishlisted

Jun '21

5 yr ago

Value

$0.36+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.37 · low $0.34

NM$0.36

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.33–$0.38modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.37low $0.02range 1750.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #10,785 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.39

Nonfoil$0.36

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Cat

{T}, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.

"The merchant asked for riches no one had ever dreamed of. The djinn, smiling, granted his wish." —Afari, *Tales*

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2021-06-18wotc

You can't cast an instant (or activate an ability as an instant) while casting a spell. Therefore, much like Lion's Eye Diamond, you can't activate the ability intending to use the mana to cast a spell from your hand.

2021-06-18wotc

Even though you can only activate this as an instant, it is still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and cannot be responded to.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.36. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.37 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MH2 — 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 #225 of *Modern Horizons 2*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2021 Modern Horizons 2 release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Cat, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #10,785 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Howard Lyon. Rarix catalogs 652 other cards credited to this artist.