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◇ Catalog #225s

Diamond Lion

pmh2·#225s·rare·foil

Illus. Howard Lyon

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '21

5 yr ago

Value

$1.89+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.92 · low $0.84

NM$0.89

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.82–$0.94modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.90low $0.83range 8.4%n 45

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$0.89

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 $0.89. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.83 and $0.90 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PMH2 — the lineup includes Foil 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 #225s of *Modern Horizons 2 Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the May 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.