Lion's Eye Diamond
Lion's Eye Diamond: Artifact, Mirage. Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {0}
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Mirage (MIR)
- Released
- 1996-10-08
- Collector number
- 307
- Artist
- Margaret Organ-Kean
- Reserved List
- Yes
About Lion's Eye Diamond
Lion's Eye Diamond is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Mirage (MIR), an expansion set released in October 1996. It is collector number 307 in that set, with art by Margaret Organ-Kean. It costs {0} to cast, for a mana value of 0. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Premodern, Commander and PreDH. It is banned in Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It is restricted in Vintage. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Mirage (1996) to Vintage Masters (2014). It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $734.77 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-18).
Card text
Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.
Held in the lion's eye -Zhalfirin saying meaning "caught in the moment of crisis"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $734.77 (as of 2026-10-18).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Lion's Eye Diamond by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Restricted |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Lion's Eye Diamond
Lion's Eye Diamond has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #271 | Mythic | 2014 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #51936 | Rare | 2014 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Lion's Eye Diamond.
- The ability is a mana ability, so it is activated and resolves as a mana ability, but it can only be activated at times when you can cast an instant. Yes, this is a bit weird.
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