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Magic · Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #42 · Rare

Lightning Bolt

Magic card price for Lightning Bolt: $5.98 market, from $4.95 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$5.98
−0.5% this week · −0.8% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days−0.5%
30 days−0.8%
90 days+1.4%
1 year+56.1%
All time+47.3%

Sellers right now

$4.95lowest listing$96.95highest
Market price$5.98
Mid listing$6.50
Direct$6.59
30-day avg$5.99

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$5.98
Cardmarket$8.23 €7.31

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

One year

$3.8352-week low$7.0652-week high
In the range67%
All-time low$3.70
All-time high$7.06
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$2.64$3.93$5.23$6.53
$5.98
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Lightning Bolt (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $4.06. Today the market price is $5.98, up 47.3%. Across the past year it went +56.1%, with a low of $3.83 and a high of $7.06; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $7.06, still 18.1% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $4.95, and the 30-day average market price is $5.99.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$5.98$4.95$96.95−0.5%
Normal$3.41$1.51$19.99−11.2%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Flavor

"The first mages witnessed the fury of the raging storm and wished to answer back." —The Stormwright Texts

Other printings of Lightning Bolt

67 more · $0.85 – $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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