Lie in Wait
Sorcery
TDMTarkir: Dragonstorm#203uncommon
Foil
Some paths through Gurmag Swamp are deserted for good reason.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 313
- Illustrator
- Diana Franco
- Found in
- Tarkir Dragonstorm MTGO Redemption · Tarkir Dragonstorm Prerelease Booster Sultai · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Lie in Wait deals damage equal to that card's power to target creature.
Plays as: Recursion · Fight Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.23
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.29
$0.01 low-$0.07 gap
Finish
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Nonfoil
$0.23as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.78L $0.03since Mar 2025$0.01
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$0.29as of 2026-07-12
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Cheapest playable copy$0.23· across 1 printing
Rulings
2 · latest Apr 4, 2025 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 4, 2025
Use the power of the card in the graveyard to determine how much damage Lie in Wait deals to the target creature.
- WotCApr 4, 2025
You can’t cast Lie in Wait unless you choose a creature card in your graveyard and a creature on the battlefield as targets.