Lion's Eye Diamond
Mirage 307 • rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Collector number
- 307
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 0 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Margaret Organ-Kean
- Market price
- $805.65
What it does
Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.
Held in the lion's eye— Zhalfirin saying meaning "caught in the moment of crisis"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageRestricted
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerBanned
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Where it came from
Released in the 1996 Mirage expansion, the Lion's Eye Diamond emerged during a transitional era for Magic: The Gathering. As part of the first set to move away from the 'expansion symbol' design of earlier releases, it introduced the mechanic of discarding one's hand to generate mana. This design was intended to offer high-risk, high-reward play, serving as a powerful artifact that challenged traditional resource management strategies of the time.
The artwork was illustrated by Terese Nielsen, who became one of the most recognizable artists in the game's history. Her design for the card focuses on the visceral, mystical aesthetic that defined the Mirage block, capturing the essence of an artifact that requires a heavy sacrifice to activate. While initially misunderstood by many players upon its debut due to the restrictive cost of emptying one's hand, it eventually gained status as a cornerstone of high-level competitive play in combo-oriented decks.
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