---
name: "Light Up the Night"
mana_cost: "{X}{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "146"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wei Wei"
oracle_id: "4669926b-93f9-4d80-aee3-492fbf8e0a0a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/light-up-the-night-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Light Up the Night
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Light Up the Night deals X damage to any target. It deals X plus 1 damage instead if that target is a creature or planeswalker.
Flashback—{3}{R}, Remove X loyalty counters from among planeswalkers you control. If you cast this spell this way, X can't be 0. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Light 'Em Up](/printing/light-em-up-snc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Devil's Play](/printing/devils-play-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ghitu Fire](/printing/ghitu-fire-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Flaming Gambit](/printing/flaming-gambit-tor.md) — Instant
5. [Molten Note](/printing/molten-note-sos.md) — Sorcery
6. [Illuminate](/printing/illuminate-apc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #146
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wei Wei
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`