Ball Lightning: Raw Red Momentum
Ball Lightning is a classic red one trick that rewards aggressive sequencing and calculated risk. This Ball Lightning from Foundations arrives in Light Play condition and plays exactly like you remember: a three mana creature that punches hard, trades poorly in combat, and pushes damage straight through with trample and haste. Use it to close out games when your opponent has left a narrow window or to force unfavorable blocks and extract value off damage to players or planeswalkers.
The card carries simple but decisive text. Trample lets the six power matter even against chump blockers while haste lets it pressure immediately. The built in self sacrifice at the end step forces you to plan follow up turns around the tempo swing. For collectors and players working with Foundations set builds this rare is a solid pick for burn focused or creature aggro decks and fits well into red decks that favor high variance, high payoff plays.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {R}{R}{R}
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Card Type: Creature
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Subtypes: Elemental
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it is 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.
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Power / Toughness: 6/1
