Lightning Elemental

Lestat13 2009-07-11

★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (11 votes)

You know those cards that you think are bad at first, but then in a couple years in vintage it has amazing synergy? This isn't one of those cards.

MidnightsMystique 2009-07-30

★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0) (1 vote)

Waste of a reprint.

littlebeast 2009-12-16

★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0) (3 votes)

Giant Solifuge is better unless you need to target it.

ClockworkSwordfish 2010-02-03

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

The extra

for a Spark Elemental that sticks around and has 1 more power just isn't worth it. Spark Elemental does a great job of being the creature version of Lightning Bolt; Lightning Elemental just can't follow that act.

BrutalJim 2010-03-12

★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0) (5 votes)

I hate it when wizards wastes such amazing art on such a crappy card.

Azure_Dreamer 2010-05-05

★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0) (2 votes)

Haha. Air Elemental, why have you turned red!? <:3

BlackAlbino 2010-08-07

★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)

Maybe if it had flash

divine_exodus 2010-09-27

★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0) (1 vote)

Why do they bother reprinting stuff like that?

DacenOctavio 2011-02-01

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

Bloodmark Mentor makes this guy efficient and brutal.

Londonbrig0 2011-03-03

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

I don't quite understand why it has 1 toughness. Have you every tried to kill lighting?

Atali 2011-04-18

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)

I have tried to kill lightning, it's really easy, you just need to touch it with anything connected to the ground and *poof* it's gone.

Anyway, the 1 toughness is an homage to Ball Lightning, on which Mr. Elemental here is based.

scumbling1 2011-04-18

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

"Why do they bother reprinting stuff like that?"

Read Aaron Forsythe's comments on the Ninth Edition printing of this card: he explains it in detail there.

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