Hero card

Lightning Helix

Instant

AnswerRemoves or stops the opponent's cards: the deck needs a way to win for it to protect

Gives: Lifegain, Drain, Spells

In 5% of today's winning lists

Build a deck with Lightning Helix as the hero

Benefits from it

Jeskai Revelation · Thor, God of Thunder · South Wind Avatar · Starscape Cleric · Marauding Blight-Priest

Winning decks play them together

Inevitable Defeat · Plunder the Trollshaws · Together as One · Flashback · Mathemagics · Outrageous Robbery · Avengers Disassembled · Tablet of Discovery

Use instead if you don't have it

Deadly Riposte · Silverquill Charm · Dissection Practice · Terminal Criticism · Moment of Craving · Winter's Intervention

Winning decks that play it

4-Color Control (2) · Boros Control (2) · Jeskai Control (3)

Cards in the meta that answer it

Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Inevitable Defeat (4-Color Control) · No More Lies (Azorius Control) · We Say Thee Nay! (Dimir Aggro)