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Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond English

Artifact, 0

Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond, Discard your hand: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Activate this ability only any time you could cast an instant.

Held in the lion's eye
—Zhalfirin saying meaning "caught in the moment of crisis"

Illus. Margaret Organ-Kean

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

  • 10/4/2004: The ability is a mana ability, so it is activated and resolves as a mana ability, but it can only be activated at times when you can cast an Instant. Yes, this is a bit weird.
  • Restricted in Vintage (Type 1)
  • Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
  • Legal in Classic (MTGO)
  • Legal in Commander
 Printings:
#272 (Margaret Organ-Kean)

Editions:
English Mirage (Rare)

Languages:
German Das Auge des Löwen
French Diamant de l'oeil du lion
Italian Diamante dell'Occhio del Leone
Spanish Diamante Ojo de León
Portuguese Diamante Olho de Leão


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