MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #35

Ball Lightning

btd·#35·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Dave Dorman

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Oct '00

26 yr ago

Value

$2.34+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.42 · low $2.21

NM$2.34

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.16–$2.47modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.37low $2.23range 51.1%n 51

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,160 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$2.34

Gameplay

Creature — Elemental

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

6/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2007-02-01wotc

The creature is sacrificed at the end of every turn in which it is on the battlefield. There is no choice about what turn to sacrifice it.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.34. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.23 and $3.37 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from BTD — 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 #35 of *Beatdown Box Set*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2000 Beatdown Box Set release.

Card type: Creature — Elemental, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {R}{R}{R} (3 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 #9,160 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dave Dorman. Rarix catalogs 307 other cards credited to this artist.