Lightning Rift
Enchantment
Printings & Editions
Premodern-legal editions of Lightning Rift — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.
Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.
Critical Rulings
"You choose the target when Lightning Rift’s ability is put on the stack, but you choose whether to pay the mana as the ability resolves. Once you make that choice, no player may take actions until the damage is dealt and the ability has finished resolving."
— 2022-12-08
Price History
91d · USDTracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.
Decks playing Lightning Rift (150)
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- Astral SlideRicardo Silva#02026-06-05×4
- Astral SlideAylett#1Premodern MTGO Friendly League 5-0 - 2025-12-102025-12-10×4
- Astral SlideBjörn Eriksson#1FMN Premodern - Linköping2025-10-31×4
- Cycling ControlSlatan Olsson#1FMN @ Linköping (Sweden)2025-09-01×4
- Cycling ControlLin Ruizi#1Monthly @ Singapore Premodern Society2024-02-25×4
- Cycling ControlChristoph Sourcin#1Moxforge League2023-06-30×4
- Ur ControlLukask9#14ª Liga PNG 6ª Jornada @ pngpremodern2023-05-07×4
- Cycling ControlGontzal Gago#14ª Liga PNG 5ª Jornada2023-05-01×4
- Cycling ControlGontzal Gago#14ª Liga PNG 3ª Jornada2023-04-16×4
- Cycling ControlJeremy Bedard#1Mensuel @ Multizone Aylmer (Gatineau, Québec)2023-01-26×4
