Lightning Mauler
Avacyn Restored 144 • uncommon
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Collector number
- 144
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Dave Kendall
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have haste.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lightning Mauler was introduced in the 2012 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Avacyn Restored. The set was designed to shift the game's tone toward a gothic horror aesthetic, focusing on the return of the angel Avacyn to the plane of Innistrad. Within the context of the game mechanics, the card was created to provide aggressive early-game pressure through its soulbond ability, which encourages players to pair creatures to share combat-relevant keywords.
The card features artwork by illustrator Volkan Baga, who utilized a stark, high-contrast visual style to emphasize the creature's ferocity and the chaotic energy of the set's thematic struggle. Upon release, the card was widely noted in competitive circles for its efficiency as a red two-drop creature, frequently appearing in aggressive deck archetypes of the era for its ability to grant haste to subsequent creatures.
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