Lightning Coils

Artifact

Whenever a nontoken creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, put a charge counter on Lightning Coils.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if Lightning Coils has five or more charge counters on it, remove all of them from it and put that many 3/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste into play. Remove them from the game at end of turn.

Tokens

• Elemental 3/1 R

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

poulak on Black Moon Lightning

2 months ago

Every card on the deck has been featured a thousand times so I looked for something with a catchy thematic art that doesn't actually see competitive play, although looking hard enough you can find a few fun older lists that use Lightning Coils like this Athreos deck by Zarthalius or that "charge counter tribal" by nerdbaron.

It was either Lightning Coils or Arc Lightning (because of the moon).

DragonMaster420 on Black Moon Lightning

2 months ago

ItsNop117 if you do a reverse google image search, it's Lightning Coils

king-saproling on Alesha, Who Blinks at Death EDH

2 years ago

Looks good. Personally I would make these swaps:

Witch's Mark -> Bounty Agent
Savai Crystal -> Custodi Soulcaller
Bitter Reunion -> Gravelighter
Cathartic Reunion -> Priest of Forgotten Gods
Seize the Spoils -> Vulturous Aven
Thrill of Possibility -> Voldaren Bloodcaster  ^Flip
Faithless Looting -> Cathar Commando
Commander's Sphere -> Goldhound
Mardu Banner -> Pitiless Plunderer
Key to the City -> Lightning Coils

king-saproling on The Newspaper

3 years ago

Sure thing Benjimain! I think you picked a great partner pair. They offer the late-game resilence that Orzhov (WB) decks are known for while also enabling big combat damage which is rare in WB.

Here are some other swaps I would make:

Quag Sickness -> Plaguecrafter
Underworld Dreams -> Bitterblossom
Forever Young -> Black Market
Pick the Brain -> Grand Crescendo
Artificer's Hex -> Lightning Coils
Duress -> Rootborn Defenses
Pit Keeper -> Captain's Claws
Triad of Fates -> Haunted Library
Deathpact Angel -> Mardu Strike Leader
Mark of the Vampire -> Blight Mound
Confront the Assault -> Veteran Soldier
Primevals' Glorious Rebirth -> Spirit Bonds
Soul Salvage -> Militia's Pride
Alchemist's Gift -> Oketra's Monument
Lash of Thorns -> Wand of Orcus
Village Rites -> Grim Haruspex

Crow_Umbra on [retired] Action Painting Spellslinger

4 years ago

Thank you for the suggestion AaronEchoes, I haven't seen Lightning Coils before. My only apprehension is that I have a kinda low non-creature count for the deck. I'll def keep an eye on this though

AaronEchoes on [retired] Action Painting Spellslinger

4 years ago

i recommend Lightning Coils gives you some sac fodder for your spells :O

Omniscience_is_life on

4 years ago

Lightning Coils, Blood Bairn, and Requiem Angel feel like they could be cut for Damn, Bolas's Citadel, and Rite of Oblivion.

lagotripha on Lightning Cajones

4 years ago

I glanced in expecting a Lightning Coils deck, but this is neat too.

Lightning Skelemental points to black as an option for this kind of list - it can really get running with a little reanimator.

Elemental tribal opens up some neat options, but nothing that leans hard into tetsuo unblockable otk style.

Fury of the Horde lets you have that one big turn a little bigger, acting as alternative combat celebrants.

The rest depends on where you want to take the list. Hope you figure out the kinks.