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Lightning Helix 
Instant
Oracle Text
Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
Format Legality
StandardPioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Lightning Helix, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 18 | 1.7 | 180 | 3.1 |
| Pioneer | 6 | 1.5 | 54 | 2.4 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Modern | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 218
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Lightning Helix
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (14)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Watcher for Tomorrow
- 1 Aragorn, King of Gondor
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Aether Channeler
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clifftop Retreat
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 2 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (28)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Archivist of Oghma
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Mother of Runes
Sorceries (6)
Instants (27)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Instants (28)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (27)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (27)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Archivist of Oghma
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Mother of Runes
Sorceries (6)
Instants (27)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Instants (27)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Archivist of Oghma
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Mother of Runes
Sorceries (6)
Instants (27)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (28)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
