diff --git a/data/magic.mse-game/script b/data/magic.mse-game/script
index 6a75ba43..00101469 100644
--- a/data/magic.mse-game/script
+++ b/data/magic.mse-game/script
@@ -546,3 +546,4 @@ primary_card_color := {
 }
 
 word_count := break_text@(match:"[^[:space:]]+") + length
+line_count := split_text@(match:"\n+",include_empty:false) + length
diff --git a/data/magic.mse-game/statistics b/data/magic.mse-game/statistics
index c7493537..31878360 100644
--- a/data/magic.mse-game/statistics
+++ b/data/magic.mse-game/statistics
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ statistics dimension:
 	bin size: 5
 	icon: stats/text_length.png
 
+statistics dimension:
+	name: text length (lines)
+	position hint: 101
+	script: line_count(to_text(card.rule_text))
+	numeric: true
+	icon: stats/text_length.png
+
 statistics dimension:
 	name: race
 	position hint: 32