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◇ Catalog #88

Lightning Serpent

csp·#88·rare·nonfoil

Illus. John Avon

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '06

20 yr ago

Value

$2.42+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.50 · low $2.28

NM$2.42

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.24–$2.55modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.42low $0.02range 12000.0%n 44

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,511 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$15

Nonfoil$2.42

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.

Ice exploded into steam in its wake, hissing like a thousand serpents hailing their blazing master.

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

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.42. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $2.42 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from CSP — the lineup includes Foil and 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 *Coldsnap*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2006 Coldsnap 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.