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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #1879 · Rare

Lightning Bolt (1879)

Magic card price for Lightning Bolt (1879): $5.05 market, from $3.75 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 14, 2025 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 19, 2026
$5.05
+0.4% this week · +1.2% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+0.4%
30 days+1.2%
90 days+2.4%
1 year+30.2%
All time−68.4%

Sellers right now

$3.75lowest listing$19.99highest
Market price$5.05
Mid listing$5.81
30-day avg$5.01

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$5.05
Cardmarket$4.58 €4.08

EUR converted at 1.1225 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$3.8852-week low$5.0552-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$3.80
All-time high$15.99
First priceFeb 14, 2025
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$3.07$7.78$12.50$17.21
$5.05
Feb 2025Sep 2025Mar 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Lightning Bolt (1879) was released in October 2026. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. The cheapest listing right now is $3.75, and the 30-day average market price is $5.01.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$5.05$3.75$19.99+0.4%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Featuring: Mitsuhiro Arita
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Other printings of Lightning Bolt

67 more · $0.82 – $650.00
All printings
Lightning Bolt (0037) (37), Secret Lair Showdown — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Bolt (0037) Secret Lair Showdown · #37 $650.00 Lightning Bolt, Alpha Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Bolt Alpha Edition $626.67 Lightning Bolt, Judge Promos — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Bolt Judge Promos $624.44 Lightning Bolt, Beta Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Bolt Beta Edition $349.64 Lightning Bolt (Retro Frame) (454), 30th Anniversary Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Bolt (Retro Frame) 30th Anniversary Edition · #454 $307.99

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