MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #88

Lightning Serpent

DIGITAL ONLY

ajmp·#88·rare·nonfoil

Illus. John Avon

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,511 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Elemental Serpent

Trample, haste This creature enters with X +1/+0 counters on it. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

2/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2006-07-15wotc

If Lightning Serpent enters without X being paid because an effect puts it onto the battlefield or an effect lets you cast it without paying its mana cost, then X is 0.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AJMP — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #88 of *Jumpstart Arena Exclusives*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2020 Jumpstart Arena Exclusives release.

Card type: Creature — Elemental Serpent, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{R} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Haste and Trample.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #19,511 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Avon. Rarix catalogs 1,840 other cards credited to this artist.