Lightning Rift
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Onslaught #217 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.33 USD
Whenever a player cycles a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, this enchantment deals 2 damage to any target.
Lightning Rift has 6 printings, first in Onslaught (2002). EDHREC ranks it #18,108 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gavi, Nest Warden decks (1,801 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Lightning Rift
- Timeless Wisdom - Commander 2020, led by Gavi, Nest Warden
Commanders that run Lightning Rift most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gavi, Nest Warden: 1,801 decks
- Yidaro, Wandering Monster: 44 decks
- Misty Knight, Hero for Hire: 10 decks
- Banon, the Returners' Leader: 10 decks
- The Balrog of Moria: 3 decks
- Living Lightning, Charged Up: 1 decks
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Often played with Lightning Rift
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose the target when Lightning Rift’s ability is put on the stack, but you choose whether to pay the mana as the ability resolves. Once you make that choice, no player may take actions until the damage is dealt and the ability has finished resolving.