Light Up the Stage
Light Up the Stage: Sorcery, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Spectacle R Exile the top two cards of your library. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 166
- Artist
- Dmitry Burmak
- Keywords
- Spectacle
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About Light Up the Stage
Light Up the Stage is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red sorcery from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 166 in that set, with art by Dmitry Burmak. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Ravnica Allegiance (2019) to Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
"Places, everyone!" -Judith
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Light Up the Stage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Light Up the Stage
Light Up the Stage has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2528 | Rare | 2026 |
| Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) #39 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #140 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #117 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #338 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #802 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #131 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #RNA-107 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Ravnica Allegiance Promos (PRNA) #107 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #107 | Uncommon | 2019 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Light Up the Stage, newest first.
- In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
- Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
- A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
- Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
- Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
- Light Up the Stage doesn't change when you can play the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.
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