Lion's Eye Diamond
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Interactions
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Official ruling
Oracle text
Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.
Explained interactions
Official rulings
2004-10-04- Wizards of the Coast · 2004-10-04
The ability is a mana ability, so it is activated and resolves as a mana ability, but it can only be activated at times when you can cast an instant. Yes, this is a bit weird.
Official rulings, quoted verbatim via Scryfall. Not AI-generated.
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