Leyline of Lightning
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay 1. If you do, this enchantment deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2006-02-01
If you cast a creature with bloodthirst while Leyline of Lightning is on the battlefield, you may use the Leyline's ability to deal damage to an opponent. If you do, that damage is dealt before the creature spell resolves, and the creature will enter with counters from its bloodthirst ability.
- 2021-03-19
A player's "opening hand" is the hand of cards the player has after all players have taken mulligans. If players have any cards in hand that allow actions to be taken with them from a player's opening hand, the starting player takes all such actions first in any order, followed by each other player in turn order. Then the first turn begins.
- 2023-09-01
While resolving Leyline of Lightning's second ability, you can't pay 1 multiple times to deal damage multiple times.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Leyline of Lightning, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes in a Half Shell | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Five-Color 1 deck
Leyline of Lightning price history
The Guildpact #68 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.25 | $3.00 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.25 | $3.00 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.26 | $3.00 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.25 | $3.00 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.24 | $3.00 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Leyline of Lightning
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Showcase
Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales
- Normal
- $0.35
- Foil
- $0.52
- Normal
- $0.25
- Foil
- $3.00
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Leyline of Lightning. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
