Ball Lightning
Fourth Edition · Rare · Normal · #176 · Current price $8.30
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 $6.85 and $8.30 over the last 90 days, peaking 30 Aug 2026. Now $8.30 — at its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +16.4%.
AI price forecast
- 7-day: $8.30 (+0.0%, low confidence) — 80% range $8.07 to $9.02
- 14-day: $8.30 (+0.0%, low confidence) — 80% range $7.67 to $9.99
- 30-day: $8.31 (+0.1%, low confidence) — 80% range $6.51 to $11.66
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 3rd most expensive.
- Judge Gift Cards 2001 (Foil) — $79.52
- The Dark — $50.69
- Fifth Edition — $6.31
- Magic 2010 (Foil) — $4.64
- World Championship Decks 1998 — $3.78
- 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.
- White border.
- 1993 frame.
- Art by Quinton Hoover.
Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.