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Magic · 8th Edition · #201 · Common

Lightning Elemental

Magic card price for Lightning Elemental: $0.30 market, from $0.23 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$0.30
0.0% this week · −9.1% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−9.1%
90 days+20.0%
1 year+3.5%
All time+20.0%

Sellers right now

$0.23lowest listing$5.00highest
Market price$0.30
Mid listing$0.50
30-day avg$0.32

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.30
Cardmarket$0.11 €0.10

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.2552-week low$0.3952-week high
In the range36%
All-time low$0.20
All-time high$0.50
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.04$0.17$0.30$0.42
$0.30
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Lightning Elemental (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $0.25 and stands at $0.30 today, up 20.0% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +3.5%, trading between $0.25 and $0.39. The current price is in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.50, still 66.7% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.23, and the 30-day average market price is $0.32.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.30$0.23$5.000.0%
Normal$0.21$0.01$8.000.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness4 / 1
Type line
Creature — Elemental
Rules text

Haste (This creature may attack the turn it comes under your control.)

Flavor

"A flash of lightning, a break of the wave,
He passes from life to his rest in the grave."
—William Knox, "Mortality"

Other printings of Lightning Elemental

9 more · $0.04 – $3.12
All printings
Lightning Elemental (201), 7th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental 7th Edition · #201 $3.12 Lightning Elemental (147), Magic 2010 (M10) — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental Magic 2010 (M10) · #147 $0.40 Lightning Elemental, Battle Royale Box Set — Magic card price +328.6% 7d Lightning Elemental Battle Royale Box Set $0.30 Lightning Elemental (217), 10th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental 10th Edition · #217 $0.25 Lightning Elemental (344), Jumpstart — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental Jumpstart · #344 $0.20

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