Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Fifth Edition printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€4.13) · TCGplayer ($6.31) · Scryfall
How often Ball Lightning is played
Ball Lightning is maindecked in 2 of 77 tournament decks in this archive (3%), averaging 3.5 copies; used by 1 of 21 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 39 decks that can cast red cards, 2 of them play it (5%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Ball Lightning
- Sligh: Six trample damage out of nowhere for three mana. Often the burst that turns a stalled board into a lethal turn, especially behind burn for the blocker.
Tournament decks with Ball Lightning
- Goblins: 3rd Place at Midwest Championship Open (3× mainboard)
- Mono Red Burn: 1st Place at The Old Skull La Plata (4× mainboard)
