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◇ Catalog #51936

Lion's Eye Diamond

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#51936·rare·foil

Illus. Lindsey Look

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #728 · Common include

Variants

Foil$9.29

Gameplay

Artifact

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

Held in the lion's eye —Zhalfirin saying meaning "caught in the moment of crisis"

Legalities

tlrbanned

duelbanned

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

The ability is a mana ability, so it is activated and resolves as a mana ability, but it can only be activated at times when you can cast an instant. Yes, this is a bit weird.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — 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 #51936 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the March 2014 Magic Online release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {0} (0 converted).

Legal in Legacy and Commander. Restricted in Vintage. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #728 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Lindsey Look. Rarix catalogs 207 other cards credited to this artist.