Ball Lightning
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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 {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2007-02-01
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ball Lightning, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eshki | 1 | 8 | 50% |
Ball Lightning price history
The Foundations #618 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.49 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.49 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.52 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.47 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.46 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.43 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.43 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.30 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Ball Lightning
15 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.49
- Normal
- $0.37
- Foil
- —
Promo
30th Anniversary Play Promos
- Foil
- $1.96
- Normal
- $0.42
Masters 25
- Normal
- $1.94
- Foil
- $1.72
Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning
- Foil
- $0.90
- Normal
- $0.60
- Foil
- $5.25
Promo
Judge Gift Cards 2001
- Foil
- $84.65
Beatdown Box Set
- Normal
- $2.69
World Championship Decks 1998
- Normal
- $3.17
- Normal
- $6.46
- Normal
- $25.00
- Normal
- $8.70
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
- Normal
- $69.99
- Normal
- $50.41
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ball Lightning. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
