Ball Lightning

Foundations #618

Ball Lightning - Foundations

Type: Creature — Elemental

Mana cost: {R}{R}{R}

Card text: 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.

P/T: 6/1

Rarity: rare

Artist: Trevor Claxton

Released: November 15, 2024

Prices

$0.20 USD · €0.41 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Ball Lightning in Foundations limited

common

Fake Your Own Death
Fake Your Own Death
Instant

Saves Ball Lightning from its end step sacrifice trigger by returning it to battlefield, letting you attack with it again next turn.

 Sure Strike
Sure Strike
Instant

Gives Ball Lightning +3/+0 and first strike, allowing it to deal massive damage before blockers can fight back, maximizing its one-turn impact.

 Crash Through
Crash Through
Sorcery

Gives Ball Lightning trample to ensure all its damage gets through even if blocked, maximizing the 6 damage it can deal before sacrificing.

uncommon

Bulk Up
Bulk Up
Instant

Doubles Ball Lightning's power to 12, creating a massive one-turn kill threat with trample and haste that can end games immediately.

rare

Electroduplicate
Electroduplicate
Sorcery

Creates a copy of Ball Lightning with haste, giving you two 6/1 trampling hasty attackers for 12 damage in one turn before both sacrifice.