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◇ Catalog #174

Lightning Axe

tsr·#174·uncommon·foil

Illus. Dan Murayama Scott

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '21

5 yr ago

Value

$1.21+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.25 · low $1.14

NM$1.21

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.12–$1.28modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.23low $0.04range 2975.0%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,910 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$1.21

Nonfoil$0.28

Gameplay

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay {5}. Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.

"A gargoyle's meat can be carved with an ordinary cleaver, but for its petrous hide . . ." —Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, *The Underworld Cookbook*

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2021-03-19wotc

The mana value of Lightning Axe is 1, no matter which additional cost you paid.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.21. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $1.23 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from TSR — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil 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 #174 of *Time Spiral Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2021 Time Spiral Remastered release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {R} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #6,910 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott. Rarix catalogs 1,317 other cards credited to this artist.