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Riddle of Lightning

Riddle of Lightning

{3}{R}{R}

Instant

Choose any target. Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Riddle of Lightning deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to that permanent or player. (To scry 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Illustrated by

JumpstartJumpstart#359·Uncommon·English
Oct 23, 2026
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Legality

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Rulings

Mar 19, 2021

If a card in a player’s library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Mar 19, 2021

If the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Riddle of Lightning tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You don’t scry 3 or reveal any card.