Riddle of Lightning
Instant
Choose any target. Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Riddle of Lightning deals damage equal to that card's mana value to that permanent or player.
Card details
- Shown printing
- Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Color identity
- Red
- Colors
- Red
- Mana value
- 5
- Keywords
- Scry
- First released
- May 4, 2007
- Printings
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #18690 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.08 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (2)
If a card in a player's library has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.If the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Riddle of Lightning tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't scry 3 or reveal any card.
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