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Magic · Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #62 · Rare

Lightning Helix (Foil Etched)

Magic card price for Lightning Helix (Foil Etched): $2.39 market, from $1.40 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$2.39
+3.9% this week · −0.8% in 30 days
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1 day+1.7%
7 days+3.9%
30 days−0.8%
90 days−3.2%
1 year+34.3%
All time+79.7%

Sellers right now

$1.40lowest listing$18.78highest
Market price$2.39
Mid listing$2.55
Direct$1.49
30-day avg$2.37

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$2.39

No Cardmarket match for this printing yet.

One year

$1.6252-week low$2.5752-week high
In the range81%
All-time low$1.29
All-time high$2.66
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$1.56$1.93$2.30$2.67
$2.39
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Lightning Helix (Foil Etched) since February 2024, when it sold for $1.33. Today the market price is $2.39, up 79.7%. Across the past year it went +34.3%, with a low of $1.62 and a high of $2.57; today it sits near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $2.66, 11.3% above today. Listings currently start at $1.40; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $2.37.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.39$1.40$18.78+3.9%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

Flavor

"Mages in the Blood Age would call down actual thunderstorms on their enemies. I bet we can replicate their technique." —Dradiel, Lorehold mage-student

Other printings of Lightning Helix

20 more · $0.24 – $12.62
All printings
Lightning Helix (7), Magic Player Rewards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Helix Magic Player Rewards · #7 $12.62 Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) (125), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price −4.4% 7d Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #125 $10.27 Lightning Helix (213), Ravnica: City of Guilds — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Helix Ravnica: City of Guilds · #213 $8.49 Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) (Foil Etched) (125), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price −3.3% 7d Lightning Helix (JP Alternate Art) (Foil Etched) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #125 $8.41 Lightning Helix (62), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price −4.0% 7d Lightning Helix Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #62 $1.91

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