Ball Lightning
Mystery Booster 2 130 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 130
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Dave Dorman
- Market price
- $0.52
What it does
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Haste (This creature can attack and tap as soon as it comes under your control.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ball Lightning is one of the most iconic aggressive creatures in Magic: The Gathering, originally debuting in the 1994 set The Dark. It was designed as a high-risk, high-reward creature meant to represent a fleeting, devastating burst of energy that sacrifices itself at the end of every turn. Its design philosophy centered on the color red's core identity: speed and overwhelming force traded for long-term sustainability.
This specific iteration appears in Mystery Booster 2, a product designed to celebrate the game's expansive history through a curated, nostalgic draft experience. The card retains its classic aesthetic while functioning as a reprint within a modern frame, allowing players to revisit a piece of design history that helped define the 'Red Deck Wins' archetype across decades of competitive play.
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