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Ball Lightning - 1998 Ben Rubin (5ED)

Magic card price for Ball Lightning - 1998 Ben Rubin (5ED): $3.78 market, from $2.75 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$3.78
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days+10.2%
1 year+47.7%
All time+243.6%

Sellers right now

$2.75lowest listing$22.39highest
Market price$3.78
Mid listing$5.11
Direct$3.66
30-day avg$3.78

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$3.78
Cardmarket$5.99 €5.32

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

One year

$2.5352-week low$3.7852-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$0.78
All-time high$3.78
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.47$2.48$4.50$6.51
$3.78
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Ball Lightning - 1998 Ben Rubin (5ED) 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 $2.75, and the 30-day average market price is $3.78.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$3.78$2.75$22.390.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness6 / 1
Type line
Summon Ball Lightning
Rules text

Trample

Ball Lightning is unaffected by summoning sickness.

At the end of any turn, bury Ball Lightning.

Not a Tournament Legal card.

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