Ball Lightning
Magic 2010 125 • rare
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Collector number
- 125
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Trevor Claxton
- Market price
- $0.61
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 first appeared in the 1994 set The Dark and quickly became an iconic staple of aggressive red decks in Magic: The Gathering. Designed to embody the chaotic and ephemeral nature of elemental magic, the card features a high-power, low-toughness creature that must attack immediately and is sacrificed at the end of the turn. This 'glass cannon' design philosophy forced opponents to make difficult blocking decisions or suffer significant damage within a very short window of gameplay.
The Magic 2010 printing, numbered 125, marked a significant milestone for the card as it transitioned from a classic relic of the early game into the modern core set era. Illustrated by Chippy, this iteration updated the visual depiction of the elemental to fit the game's evolving art direction while maintaining the original's frantic, kinetic energy. Its inclusion in the 2010 set was a deliberate nod to Magic's heritage, reintroducing a high-impact threat that had defined red strategies for over a decade to a new generation of players.
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