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Magic · Jumpstart · #291 · Rare

Ball Lightning

Magic card price for Ball Lightning: $0.42 market, from $0.09 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$0.42
0.0% this week · −4.6% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−4.6%
90 days+16.7%
1 year+16.7%
All time−28.8%

Sellers right now

$0.09lowest listing$4.99highest
Market price$0.42
Mid listing$0.49
30-day avg$0.43

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$0.42
Cardmarket$0.63 €0.56

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

One year

$0.3352-week low$0.4552-week high
In the range75%
All-time low$0.28
All-time high$0.59
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.31$0.44$0.57$0.69
$0.42
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Ball Lightning entered our records in February 2024 at $0.59 and stands at $0.42 today, down 28.8% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +16.7%, trading between $0.33 and $0.45. The current price is in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.59, 40.5% above today. Listings currently start at $0.09; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.43.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.42$0.09$4.990.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness6 / 1
Type line
Creature — Elemental
Rules text

Trample, haste

At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Ball Lightning.

Flavor

The most frightening storms are those not woven by nature's hand.

Other printings of Ball Lightning

13 more · $0.40 – $82.87
All printings
Ball Lightning, Judge Promos — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ball Lightning Judge Promos $82.87 Ball Lightning, The Dark — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ball Lightning The Dark $50.92 Ball Lightning, Fourth Edition — Magic card price +2.2% 7d Ball Lightning Fourth Edition $8.52 Ball Lightning, Fifth Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ball Lightning Fifth Edition $6.45 Ball Lightning (125), Magic 2010 (M10) — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ball Lightning Magic 2010 (M10) · #125 $4.87

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