Riddle of Lightning
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{R}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Jumpstart #359 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.19 USD
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.
Riddle of Lightning has 4 printings, first in Future Sight (2007). EDHREC ranks it #18,691 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lorehold, the Historian decks (1,075 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Riddle of Lightning most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lorehold, the Historian: 1,075 decks
- Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos: 159 decks
- Alexander, Ship's Fool: 4 decks
- Ryan Sinclair: 2 decks
- Living Lightning, Charged Up: 2 decks
Often played with Riddle of Lightning
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.