Ball Lightning
The Dark · Rare · Normal · #57 · Current price $50.69
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 $48.61 and $50.69 over the last 90 days, peaking 17 Sep 2026. Now $50.69 — at its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +4.1%.
AI price forecast
- 7-day: $50.79 (+0.2%, low confidence) — 80% range $49.86 to $54.37
- 14-day: $51.32 (+1.2%, low confidence) — 80% range $48.72 to $56.99
- 30-day: $51.85 (+2.3%, low confidence) — 80% range $46.83 to $62.65
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 2nd most expensive.
- Judge Gift Cards 2001 (Foil) — $79.52
- Fourth Edition — $8.30
- 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
- 1993 frame.
- Art by Quinton Hoover.
Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.