Lightning Serpent
Creature — Elemental Serpent
CSPColdsnap#88rare
Ice exploded into steam in its wake, hissing like a thousand serpents hailing their blazing master.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1185
- Illustrator
- John Avon
- Found in
- Coldsnap MTGO Redemption Foil · Coldsnap MTGO Redemption · Coldsnap Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Trample, haste
This creature enters with X +1/+0 counters on it.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.
2/1TrampleHaste
Plays as:
Mana SinkX Spell
Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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Nonfoil
$3.95
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Since Feb 2024:H $3.95L $1.20$0.75
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Foil
$9.90
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Rulings
1 · latest Jul 15, 2006
- WotCJul 15, 2006
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.