Light Up the Night (MID #146)
Light Up the Night is a rare printing from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID #146), a Sorcery. Illustrated by Wei Wei.
Card text
Light Up the Night deals X damage to any target. It deals X plus 1 damage instead if that target is a creature or planeswalker.
Flashback—{3}{R}, Remove X loyalty counters from among planeswalkers you control. If you cast this spell this way, X can't be 0. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Details
| Mana cost | {X}{R} |
|---|---|
| Type | Sorcery |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) |
| Collector number | 146 |
| Artist | Wei Wei |
| Released | 2021-09-24 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.29, foil $0.34 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- June 6, 2025 — To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
- June 6, 2025 — A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- June 6, 2025 — You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- June 6, 2025 — If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
- June 6, 2025 — You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- June 6, 2025 — "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
Other printings of Light Up the Night
Every MTGBrew page for another printing of Light Up the Night:
- Light Up the Night (DBL #146)
- Light Up the Night (MID #356)
- Light Up the Night (PMID #146p)
- Light Up the Night (PMID #146s)
- Light Up the Night (PRM #94000)
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