Lightning Axe
Shadows over Innistrad 170 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 170
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Jason A. Engle
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 5 generic mana.
Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.
Spirits disturbed by ghoulcallers become geists driven by restless anger.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lightning Axe was introduced in the 2016 Magic: The Gathering expansion Shadows over Innistrad. The set returned players to the gothic horror world of Innistrad, focusing on themes of madness and transformation. This card was designed as a reprint from the original Time Spiral set, functioning as a high-efficiency removal spell that requires a discard cost to balance its low mana investment.
The card features artwork by Christopher Moeller, who captured the grim, utilitarian aesthetic of the setting. His illustration depicts a jagged, magically imbued weapon that fits the set's emphasis on desperate survival and dark alchemy. The card has been widely received by players as a staple of red-aligned control and graveyard-synergy decks, valued for its flexibility in discarding cards that benefit from being in the graveyard.
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