Lightning Axe
Instant
TSRTime Spiral Remastered#174uncommon
Foil
"A gargoyle's meat can be carved with an ordinary cleaver, but for its petrous hide . . ." —Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, *The Underworld Cookbook*
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 33–1200
- Illustrator
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Found in
- Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 
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Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.
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Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.Plays as: Burn
Market · per finishspark updated 33m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-3.1%
$0.31
$0.05 low$0.04 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.68
$0.25 low$0.05 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.31as of 2026-07-12
-3.1%
H $0.32L $0.08since Feb 2024$0.05
$0.01
$0.04+80% · normal spread
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Low: tcgplayer
Buylist: cardkingdom
Foil
$0.68as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $3.14L $0.11since Feb 2024$0.25
$0.20
$0.05+20% · normal spread
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Buylist: cardkingdom
Cheapest playable copy$0.11· across 10 printings
Rulings
1 · latest Mar 19, 2021 · one tap opens all
- WotCMar 19, 2021
The mana value of Lightning Axe is 1, no matter which additional cost you paid.