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Lightning Runner

Every rules interaction we've explained for Lightning Runner, alongside Wizards of the Coast's official rulings. Pick a combo below, or check it against a card we haven't covered yet.

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Oracle text

Double strike, haste Whenever this creature attacks, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay eight {E}. If you pay, untap all creatures you control, and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Explained interactions

Lightning Runner +
Stone Idol Generator
AI Draft
Lightning Runner +
Satya, Aetherflux Genius
AI Draft

Official rulings

2017-02-09 – 2024-06-07
  1. Wizards of the Coast · 2017-02-09

    You untap all creatures you control, including ones that aren't attacking.

  2. Wizards of the Coast · 2024-06-07

    If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.

Official rulings, quoted verbatim via Scryfall. Not AI-generated.

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