MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #31487

Lightning Helix

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#31487·uncommon·full_art

Illus. Kev Walker

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wishlisted

Jan '13

13 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,638 · Niche pick

Variants

Full Art$0.05

Gameplay

Instant

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2024-02-02wotc

If the chosen target is illegal when Lightning Helix tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain 3 life.

2017-11-17wotc

If the chosen target is illegal when Lightning Helix tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain 3 life.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Full Art 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 #31487 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the January 2013 Magic Online release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red/white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {R}{W} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #3,638 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kev Walker. Rarix catalogs 1,917 other cards credited to this artist.