Riddle of Lightning
Journey into Nyx (JOU) #107 · Uncommon · Instant
Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}
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.
Illustrated by Daarken · Released May 2, 2014
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.08 USD · €0.10 EUR
- Foil: $0.42 USD · €0.33 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.01 USD (14.3%) to $0.08 USD; low $0.07 USD, high $0.08 USD.
Printings
- Time Spiral Remastered #183 (TSR) · Common · 2021 · $0.21 USD
- Jumpstart #359 (JMP) · Uncommon · 2020 · $0.19 USD
- Journey into Nyx #107 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2014 · $0.08 USD
- Future Sight #105 (FUT) · Common · 2007 · $0.24 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2021-03-19 · wotc — 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.
- 2021-03-19 · wotc — If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.