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Magic · Legends · Common

Chain Lightning

Magic card price for Chain Lightning: $10.81 market, from $6.99 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$10.81
−0.3% this week · −0.4% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days−0.3%
30 days−0.4%
90 days+1.3%
1 year+25.7%
All time+53.6%

Sellers right now

$6.99lowest listing$125.00highest
Market price$10.81
Mid listing$10.00
Direct$10.92
30-day avg$10.89

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$10.81
Cardmarket$10.27 €9.13

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

One year

$8.4452-week low$11.0652-week high
In the range90%
All-time low$6.51
All-time high$11.06
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$8.12$10.18$12.23$14.29
$10.81
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Chain Lightning begins in February 2024 at $7.04; the market price today is $10.81, up 53.6% since then. In the last year the price changed +25.7% and ranged from $8.44 to $11.06, and it now trades near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $11.06, 2.3% above today. Listings currently start at $6.99; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $10.89.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$10.81$6.99$125.00−0.3%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

Chain Lightning does 3 damage to one target. Each time Chain Lightning does damage, the target or target’s controller may then pay RR to have Chain Lightning do 3 damage to any target of that player’s choice.

Other printings of Chain Lightning

12 more · $0.29 – $28.19
All printings
Chain Lightning (26), Masterpiece Series: Amonkhet Invocations — Magic card price +2.0% 7d Chain Lightning Masterpiece Series: Amonkhet Invocations · #26 $28.19 Chain Lightning (370) (370), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Chain Lightning (370) Secret Lair Drop Series · #370 $19.97 Chain Lightning (2052) (Raised Foil) (2052), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +1.7% 7d Chain Lightning (2052) (Raised Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #2052 $10.24 Chain Lightning (2047) (Rainbow Foil) (2047), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Chain Lightning (2047) (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #2047 $3.29 Chain Lightning (2047) (2047), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −1.4% 7d Chain Lightning (2047) Secret Lair Drop Series · #2047 $2.73

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