Light Up the Stage
Sorcery
Light Up the Stage
A Promise Fulfilled
Sorcery
Card Text
Spectacle (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.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Red
- Color Identity
- Red
- EDHREC Rank
- #1,196
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (58)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA)A Promise Fulfilled | #39 | uncommon | en | Square Enix | $0.19 | $0.44 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #166 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.30 | β |
| Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) | #140 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.21 | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.24 | $0.41 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.40 | $1.24 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.28 | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.26 | β |
| The List (PLST) | #RNA-107 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.30 | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance Promos (PRNA) | #107 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | β | $0.38 |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | en | Dmitry Burmak | $0.33 | $1.02 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #166 | uncommon | de | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | de | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | de | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | de | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | de | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | de | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #166 | uncommon | es | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | es | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | es | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | es | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | es | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | es | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #166 | uncommon | fr | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | fr | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | fr | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | fr | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | fr | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | fr | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #166 | uncommon | it | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | it | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | it | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | it | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | it | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | it | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) | #39 | uncommon | ja | Square Enix | β | β |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #166 | uncommon | ja | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | ja | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | ja | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | ja | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | ja | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | ja | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | ko | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | pt | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | pt | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | pt | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | pt | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | pt | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | ru | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | ru | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | ru | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #338 | uncommon | zhs | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #117 | uncommon | zhs | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | zhs | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | zhs | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | zhs | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #802 | uncommon | zht | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #131 | uncommon | zht | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) | #107 | uncommon | zht | Dmitry Burmak | β | β |
Official Rulings (9)
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.)
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.
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.
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.
A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
If you don't play a card exiled this way, it remains in exile.
Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
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.
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