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Magic · Tempest · #186 · Common

Lightning Elemental

Magic card price for Lightning Elemental: $0.16 market, from $0.03 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$0.16
0.0% this week · −5.9% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−5.9%
90 days−5.9%
1 year+60.0%
All time+6.7%

Sellers right now

$0.03lowest listing$7.08highest
Market price$0.16
Mid listing$0.23
Direct$0.08
30-day avg$0.17

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$0.16
Cardmarket$0.12 €0.11

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

One year

$0.0852-week low$0.2052-week high
In the range67%
All-time low$0.08
All-time high$0.20
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.07$0.12$0.17$0.21
$0.16
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Lightning Elemental begins in February 2024 at $0.15; the market price today is $0.16, up 6.7% since then. In the last year the price changed +60.0% and ranged from $0.08 to $0.20, and it now trades in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.20, 25.0% above today. Listings currently start at $0.03; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.17.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.16$0.03$7.080.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness4 / 1
Type line
Summon Elemental
Rules text

Lightning Elemental is unaffected by summoning sickness.

Flavor

A lightning elemental once killed an entire tribe of merfolk—simply by going for a swim.

Other printings of Lightning Elemental

9 more · $0.04 – $3.12
All printings
Lightning Elemental (201), 7th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental 7th Edition · #201 $3.12 Lightning Elemental (147), Magic 2010 (M10) — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental Magic 2010 (M10) · #147 $0.40 Lightning Elemental (201), 8th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental 8th Edition · #201 $0.30 Lightning Elemental, Battle Royale Box Set — Magic card price +328.6% 7d Lightning Elemental Battle Royale Box Set $0.30 Lightning Elemental (217), 10th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Elemental 10th Edition · #217 $0.25

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