Riddle of Lightning

Magic card price for Riddle of Lightning: $0.20 market, from $0.02 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026

$0.20

+5.3% this week · +5.3% in 30 days

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1 day+5.3%

7 days+5.3%

30 days+5.3%

90 days+5.3%

1 year+300.0%

All time+400.0%

Sellers right now

$0.02lowest listing$7.87highest

Market price$0.20

Mid listing$0.25

Direct$0.05

30-day avg$0.19

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$0.20

Cardmarket$0.19 €0.17

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

One year

$0.0552-week low$0.2052-week high

In the range100%

All-time low$0.02

All-time high$0.20

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.17$0.18$0.19$0.20

$0.20

Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Riddle of Lightning begins in February 2024 at $0.04; the market price today is $0.20, up 400% since then. In the last year the price changed +300% and ranged from $0.05 to $0.20, and it now trades near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.02, and the 30-day average market price is $0.19.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Normal$0.20$0.02$7.87+5.3%

The card in play

Type line: Instant

Rules text

Choose target creature or player. Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Riddle of Lightning deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to that permanent or player. (To scry 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Other printings of Riddle of Lightning

3 more · $0.20 – $0.49

All printings

Riddle of Lightning (105), Future Sight — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Riddle of Lightning Future Sight · #105 $0.49

Riddle of Lightning (107), Journey Into Nyx — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Riddle of Lightning Journey Into Nyx · #107 $0.42

Riddle of Lightning (183), Time Spiral: Remastered — Magic card price

−7.5% 7d Riddle of Lightning Time Spiral: Remastered · #183 $0.37

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