Lightning Elemental
Ninth Edition 201 • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 201
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.10
What it does
Haste (This creature can attack and tap as soon as it comes under your control.)
"A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passes from life to his rest in the grave."— William Knox, "Mortality"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lightning Elemental was originally introduced in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed to serve as a quintessential representation of red mana's volatility and speed. As a core creature for the game, it was designed by the early development team at Wizards of the Coast to be a straightforward, aggressive threat that embodied the element of fire, fitting the top-down design philosophy of using classic fantasy tropes to teach new players the fundamentals of the color wheel.
The Ninth Edition printing, featuring the artwork of Greg Staples, arrived in 2005 as part of a base set curated to bridge the gap between long-time veterans and a burgeoning new player base. Staples' interpretation of the elemental focused on a more dynamic, fluid manifestation of lightning, moving away from the static, rock-like depictions of earlier editions to emphasize the creature's nature as an ephemeral blast of energy. The art was well-received for its modern aesthetic and remains a notable example of the consistent visual evolution within the game's core sets.
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