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Light Up the Stage

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11 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Light Up the Stage, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 2528 2026-04-13

Card text

{2}{R}
Sorcery
Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Keywords: Spectacle
"Next—we need a volunteer from the audience! Who thinks they can stand very, very still?"
EDHREC rank #1243 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 11 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

9 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.

2019-01-25 · Wizards of the Coast

Light Up the Stage doesn't change when you can play the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.

2019-01-25 · Wizards of the Coast

If you don't play a card exiled this way, it remains in exile.

2019-01-25 · Wizards of the Coast

In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Light Up the Stage, Final Fantasy: Through the Ages printing
Final Fantasy: Through the Ages
FCA · #39
Uncommon
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Cardboard Classics · Condition LP
Light Up the Stage, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
DSC · #166
Uncommon
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Jeux 3 Dragons
Light Up the Stage, Ravnica Remastered printing
Ravnica Remastered
RVR · #117
Uncommon
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Waypoint Games · Condition LP
Light Up the Stage, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate printing
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
CLB · #802
Uncommon
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Obsidian Games · Condition LP
Light Up the Stage, Forgotten Realms Commander printing
Forgotten Realms Commander
AFC · #131
Uncommon
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GameKnight · Condition LP
Light Up the Stage, Ravnica Allegiance Promos printing
Ravnica Allegiance Promos
PRNA · #107
Uncommon
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La Boutique Mythique · Condition LP · Foil
Light Up the Stage, Ravnica Allegiance printing
Ravnica Allegiance
RNA · #107
Uncommon
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La Boutique Mythique · Condition MP