Diamond Lion Price
5 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2021
Diamond Lion has been printed 5 times across 3 sets, first in 2021. Right now the cheapest printing is Modern Horizons 2 #470 at $0.30, while the most expensive is Modern Horizons 2 Promos #225s at $0.87 — about 3× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $0.34. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like Modern Horizons 2.
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Every Diamond Lion Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 2 #470 (R) Cheapest | 2021 | $0.30 | $0.03 |
| Modern Horizons 2 #225 (R) | 2021 | $0.32 | $0.10 foil |
| Modern Horizons 2 #427 (R) | 2021 | $0.36 | $0.16 foil |
| Modern Horizons 2 Promos #225s (R) Foil | 2021 | $0.87 | $0.40 foil |
| Magic Online Promos #91371 (R) | 2021 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsYou can't cast an instant (or activate an ability as an instant) while casting a spell. Therefore, much like Lion's Eye Diamond, you can't activate the ability intending to use the mana to cast a spell from your hand.
Even though you can only activate this as an instant, it is still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and cannot be responded to.