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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 | 181 | 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 (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Phyrexian Dreadnought
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Hexing Squelcher
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Hushbringer
- 1 Strict Proctor
- 1 Tocatli Honor Guard
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Archon of Emeria
- 1 Aven Mindcensor
- 1 Hushwing Gryff
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Eagles of the North
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 8 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 10 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Ademi of the Silkchutes
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Spell Queller
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (7)
Instants (29)
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Path to Exile
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Redirect Lightning
- 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 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Enchantments (2)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 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 Mystic Sanctuary
- 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 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
