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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 (10)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 4 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 (10)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 2 Fabled Passage
- 2 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hushwood Verge
- 1 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 (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 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Intuition
- 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 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Celestial Colonnade
- 1 Clifftop Retreat
- 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
- 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 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (10)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 2 Fabled Passage
- 2 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hushwood Verge
- 1 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (10)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 2 Fabled Passage
- 2 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (9)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 3 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
- 2 Watery Grave
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 2 Blood Crypt
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 3 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 3 Hushwood Verge
- 2 Indatha Triome
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 1 Ketria Triome
- 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
- 3 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 2 Watery Grave
- 1 Xander's Lounge
- 1 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 2 Fabled Passage
- 2 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 (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (8)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 3 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
- 2 Watery Grave
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
