Ball Lightning

World Championship Decks 1998 · Rare · Normal · #br210 · Current price $3.78

The card

{R}{R}{R} · Creature — Elemental · 6/1

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Keywords: Haste, Trample

Price history

Traded between $3.25 and $3.78 over the last 90 days, peaking 14 Sep 2026. Now $3.78 — at its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +16.3%.

AI price forecast

7-day: $3.78 (+0.1%, low confidence) — 80% range $3.17 to $4.57
14-day: $3.81 (+0.7%, low confidence) — 80% range $2.86 to $4.93
30-day: $3.85 (+1.9%, low confidence) — 80% range $2.42 to $5.45

Why this forecast

active buyout (+56% recent) - momentum/overshoot risk, don't trust calm forecast

Other printings

Ball Lightning has 13 printings tracked here; this is the 6th most expensive.

Judge Gift Cards 2001 (Foil) — $79.52
The Dark — $50.69
Fourth Edition — $8.30
Fifth Edition — $6.31
Magic 2010 (Foil) — $4.64
Beatdown Box Set — $2.55
Masters 25 — $2.28
30th Anniversary Play Promos (Foil) — $1.90

Playability & legality

EDHREC rank 8694 — a measure of how often it appears in Commander decks.

Legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl.

About this printing

This is a reprint, not a first printing.
Gold border.
1997 frame.
Art by Quinton Hoover.

Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.