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◇ Catalog #2528

Light Up the Stage

sld·#2528·rare·borderless

Illus. Pablo Mendoza

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Apr '26

4 mo ago

Value

$1.14+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.18 · low $1.07

NM$1.14

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.05–$1.20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.83low $1.07range 257.9%n 56

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,215 · Common include

Variants

Borderless$1.14

Gameplay

Sorcery

Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

"Next—we need a volunteer from the audience! Who thinks they can stand very, very still?"

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 9

2024-01-12wotc

Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.

2024-01-12wotc

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2024-01-12wotc

Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.14. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.07 and $3.83 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #2528 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Spectacle.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,215 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Pablo Mendoza. Rarix catalogs 75 other cards credited to this artist.