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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 (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 3 Fabled Passage
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 4 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Savai Triome
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (32)
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Auroral Procession
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Voidslime
- 1 Eladamri's Call
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Izzet Charm
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Ketria Triome
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Mother of Runes
Sorceries (7)
Instants (27)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Make Disappear
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Get Lost
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 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
- 1 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 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)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Electrostatic Infantry
- 1 Slickshot Show-Off
- 1 Young Pyromancer
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Drake Hatcher
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Monastery Mentor
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Goblin Guide
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Monastery Swiftspear
- 1 Soul-Scar Mage
- 1 Malcolm, the Eyes
- 1 Sprite Dragon
- 1 Third Path Iconoclast
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (11)
Instants (21)
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Shock
- 1 Spikefield Hazard
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Wild Slash
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Gut Shot
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Vapor Snag
- 1 Path to Exile
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Horizon of Progress
- 1 Inspiring Vantage
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Mother of Runes
Sorceries (7)
Instants (27)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Make Disappear
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Get Lost
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 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
- 1 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 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 (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (29)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Eladamri's Call
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (2)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Ketria Triome
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Xander's Lounge
- 1 Zagoth Triome
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
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 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (6)
Instants (26)
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 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 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (38)
- 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 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 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 (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (11)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (11)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (6)
Instants (26)
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Daze
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (38)
- 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 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 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)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 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 Archivist of Oghma
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 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 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hengegate Pathway
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Needleverge Pathway
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
