---
name: "Lightning Coils"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "PSAL"
set_name: "Salvat 2005"
collector_number: "I37"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Brian Snõddy"
oracle_id: "bbb16f23-fdb1-444b-bef8-ce3e177c2678"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-coils-psal"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lightning Coils
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, put a charge counter on this artifact.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this artifact has five or more charge counters on it, remove all of them from it and create that many 3/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Feral Lightning](/printing/feral-lightning-sok.md) — Sorcery
2. [Chimeric Coils](/printing/chimeric-coils-5dn.md) — Artifact
3. [Spawning Pit](/printing/spawning-pit-plst.md) — Artifact
4. [Wickersmith's Tools](/printing/wickersmiths-tools-ecc.md) — Artifact
5. [Dragonspark Reactor](/printing/dragonspark-reactor-neo.md) — Artifact
6. [Living Lightning](/printing/living-lightning-2x2.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #I37
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Brian Snõddy
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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