Lightning Reflexes
Enchantment — Aura
You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24520
Lightning Reflexes gives a creature haste and leaves a permanent +1/+1 bonus on the board for a single red mana — that's a real effect at a real rate. It's a fine budget slot in any red deck that needs cheap haste enablers, but it's never the first pick when Swiftfoot Boots and Fires of Yavimaya exist.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lightning Reflexes fills a narrow role: cheap haste for a key creature on the turn it lands, with a small stat bump as upside. Pauper is where it actually earns respect — haste at one mana is a meaningful tempo play in creature-based red strategies, and the +1/+1 can matter in a format where stats are tight. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats don't have room for a sorcery-speed haste enabler at any price. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's verdict — playable in dedicated red aggro, not a priority.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Lightning Reflexes is pure bulk — you're not risking anything by throwing it in a prototype list. Don't expect that price to move; there's no competitive demand pulling it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.