Lightning Serpent
Creature — Elemental Serpent
CSPColdsnap#88rare
Foil
Ice exploded into steam in its wake, hissing like a thousand serpents hailing their blazing master.
- 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
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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 Sink · X Spell
Market · per finishspark updated 14h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-2.2%
$3.10
$0.84 low$0.12 gap
Foil+0.0%
$15.25
$13.50 low$6.00 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$3.10as of 2026-07-12
-2.2%
H $3.17L $1.20since Feb 2024$0.84
$0.72
$0.12+14% · normal spread
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Low: tcgplayer
Buylist: cardkingdom
Foil
$15.25as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $19.98L $4.75since Feb 2024$13.50
$7.50
$6.00+44% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$3.10· across 2 printings
Rulings
1 · latest Jul 15, 2006 · one tap opens all
- 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.