Lantern Flare MTG Innistrad Crimson Vow 351 Extended Art Removal Lifegain

Lantern Flare

Instant from Innistrad: Crimson Vow.

Quantity: 1 card • Extended Art • Regular finish • VOW #351

Deals damage to a target creature or planeswalker and gains you that much life, using your creature count normally or a chosen value of X when cast for its cleave cost.

Supports Removal and Lifegain strategies with flexible damage that scales with either your battlefield or available mana.

Card Highlights

• Normal casting cost: one generic and one white mana
• When cast normally, X equals the number of creatures you control
• Cleave cost: X generic, one red, and one white mana
• Paying the cleave cost replaces the creature-count restriction with your chosen X
• Targets a creature or planeswalker, not a player
• Rare Extended Art printing illustrated by Lie Setiawan

Vault Notes & Play Impact

A wide battlefield can make the normal two-mana cost efficient, while cleave provides flexibility when you control few creatures. For the normal version, your creature count is checked as the spell resolves, so removing creatures in response can reduce its effect. If the target becomes illegal before resolution, the spell does not resolve and you gain no life.