---
name: "Lightning Axe"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "170"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "81b90905-fbc0-426a-a084-c3300533abb4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-axe-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lightning Axe
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay {5}.
Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.

> *Los espíritus perturbados por los llamamuertos se convierten en geists conducidos por una rabia ciega.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lava Axe](/printing/lava-axe-m10.md) — Sorcery
2. [Acceptable Losses](/printing/acceptable-losses-ody.md) — Sorcery
3. [Command the Storm](/printing/command-the-storm-grn.md) — Instant
4. [Rhystic Lightning](/printing/rhystic-lightning-pcy.md) — Instant
5. [Scorching Shot](/printing/scorching-shot-otj.md) — Sorcery
6. [Sonic Burst](/printing/sonic-burst-exo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #170
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 47 across all historical editions

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