Chain Lightning Price
17 printings · 13 sets · first printed 1994
Chain Lightning has been printed 17 times across 13 sets, first in 1994 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Mystery Booster 2 #55 at $0.28, while the most expensive is Amonkhet Invocations #26 at $27.90 — about 100× more. The median across 12 priced printings is $1.11. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 17x, including dedicated reprint sets like Mystery Booster 2, Dominaria Remastered.
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Every Chain Lightning Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 #55 (C) Cheapest | 2024 | $0.28 | $0.25 |
| Dominaria Remastered #316 (C) | 2023 | $0.34 | $0.20 |
| Dominaria Remastered #113 (C) | 2023 | $0.36 | $0.25 |
| Eternal Masters #123 (U) | 2016 | $0.40 | $0.52 |
| Battlebond #171 (U) | 2018 | $0.40 | $0.25 |
| Jumpstart #302 (U) | 2020 | $0.42 | — |
| Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning #16 (C) Foil | 2010 | $1.81 | $0.60 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #2047 (R) | 2025 | $2.77 | $2.50 |
| Secret Lair Drop #2052 (R) Foil | 2025 | $10.07 | $4.80 foil |
| Legends #137 (C) | 1994 | $10.84 | $6.50 |
| Secret Lair Drop #370 (R) | 2021 | $19.97 | $9.50 |
| Amonkhet Invocations #26 (S) Foil | 2017 | $27.90 | $20.00 foil |
| Arena Anthology 3 #12 (C) | 2025 | — | — |
| Vintage Masters #153 (C) | 2014 | — | — |
| Magic Online Theme Decks #A55 (C) | 2010 | — | — |
| Magic Online Theme Decks #B14 (C) | 2010 | — | — |
| Masters Edition III #90 (C) | 2009 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 17 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsThe copy of Chain Lightning is created on the stack, so it's not cast. Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger. Players may respond to that spell before it resolves.
The player putting the copy of the spell on the stack controls that copy.
As Chain Lightning resolves, either the original or one of the copies, the targeted player or the controller of the targeted permanent may copy it. The copy has the same text, target, and color as the resolving spell, though the player creating the copy may choose a new target for it. Once that copy is created (or not), the Chain Lightning finishes resolving and leaves the stack.
If the targeted player or permanent is an illegal target as Chain Lightning tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve and none of its effects happen. It can't be copied.