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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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #125
Lightning Helix
sta·#125·rare·borderless·JA
Illus. Daken
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in vault
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wishlisted
Apr '21
5 yr ago
Value
$9.25+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $9.57 · low $8.72
NM$9.25
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$8.55–$9.76modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $13low $3.02range 321.5%n 144
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #3,638 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
「血の時代の魔術師は、敵に雷雨を降らせていたという。我々もその技を模倣できるはずだ。」
—ロアホールドの魔道生徒、ドラディエル
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
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
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $9.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.02 and $12.73 across 144 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from STA — 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 #125 of *Strixhaven Mystical Archive*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven Mystical Archive release.
Card type: Instant, color identity red/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. 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 Daken. Rarix catalogs 1 other card credited to this artist.
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