Chain Lightning
Battlebond · Uncommon · Foil · #171 · Current price $1.87
The card
{R} · Sorcery
Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to any target. Then that player or that permanent's controller may pay {R}{R}. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
Price history
Traded between $1.28 and $1.87 over the last 90 days, peaking 10 Sep 2026. Now $1.87 — at its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +46.1%.
AI price forecast
- 7-day: $1.87 (+0.0%, low confidence) — 80% range $1.81 to $2.14
- 14-day: $1.88 (+0.4%, low confidence) — 80% range $1.74 to $2.32
- 30-day: $1.91 (+2.3%, low confidence) — 80% range $1.61 to $2.70
Why this forecast
- active buyout (+81% recent) - momentum/overshoot risk, don't trust calm forecast
Other printings
Chain Lightning has 10 printings tracked here; this is the 7th most expensive.
- Amonkhet Invocations (Foil) — $27.64
- Secret Lair Drop — $19.97
- Secret Lair Drop (Foil) — $18.67
- Legends — $10.85
- Secret Lair Drop (Foil) — $7.11
- Secret Lair Drop — $2.59
- Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning (Foil) — $1.75
- Eternal Masters (Foil) — $0.81
Playability & legality
EDHREC rank 5948 — a measure of how often it appears in Commander decks.
Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper, Brawl.
About this printing
- This is a reprint, not a first printing.
- 2015 frame.
- Art by Christopher Moeller.
Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.