Lantern Flare
1Instant
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Cleave {X} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Lantern Flare deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life. [X is the number of creatures you control.]
Market prices
updated on 06/17/2026| Source | Normal | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Card Kingdom | — | $0.49 |
| Cardmarket | — | €0.21 |
| TCGplayer | — | $0.39 |
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€0.21Rulings (5)
You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of , you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
11/19/2021If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
11/19/2021If you're paying the cleave cost, you choose the value of X.
11/19/2021A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.
11/19/2021If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.
11/19/2021Legality by format
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |