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Magic · Explorers of Ixalan · #39 · Uncommon

Lightning Helix

Magic card price for Lightning Helix: $0.24 market, from $0.19 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$0.24
0.0% this week · −7.7% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−7.7%
90 days−17.2%
1 year−20.0%
All time−44.2%

Sellers right now

$0.19lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$0.24
Mid listing$0.41
Direct$0.25
30-day avg$0.25

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$0.24
Cardmarket$0.28 €0.25

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

One year

$0.2452-week low$0.3852-week high
In the range0%
All-time low$0.24
All-time high$0.48
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.22$0.31$0.41$0.51
$0.24
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Lightning Helix begins in February 2024 at $0.43; the market price today is $0.24, down 44.2% since then. In the last year the price changed −20.0% and ranged from $0.24 to $0.38, and it now trades near the bottom of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.48, still 100% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.19, and the 30-day average market price is $0.25.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.24$0.19$19.950.0%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

Flavor

Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty.

Other printings of Lightning Helix

20 more · $0.24 – $12.62
All printings
Lightning Helix (7), Magic Player Rewards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Helix Magic Player Rewards · #7 $12.62 Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) (125), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price −0.6% 7d Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #125 $10.68 Lightning Helix (213), Ravnica: City of Guilds — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Helix Ravnica: City of Guilds · #213 $8.49 Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) (Foil Etched) (125), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price −3.3% 7d Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) (Foil Etched) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #125 $8.41 Lightning Helix (Foil Etched) (62), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price +2.2% 7d Lightning Helix (Foil Etched) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #62 $2.35

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