Lion's Eye Diamond

Artifact   

Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond, Discard your hand: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Play this ability as a mana source.

Held in the lion's eye —Zhalfirin saying meaning "caught in the moment of crisis"

MI • ENMargaret Organ-Kean

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Legal in: Mirage Block,Legacy,Freeform,Prismatic,Tribal Wars Legacy,Commander

Oracle Text (click to copy):

Lion's Eye Diamond {0} Artifact Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond, Discard your hand: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Activate this ability only any time you could cast an instant.

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10/4/2004
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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