Magic the Gathering - Chain Lightning Reprint in Eternal Masters

by ElspethFTW, Old School Duelist

With Eternal Masters, the long-time Legacy burn staple Chain Lightning gets its first printing at uncommon. Prior to this, Chain Lightning only had its original common printing in Legends and a premium foil reprint in Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning. On Magic Online, however, it has had additional online-only editions in Vintage Masters, Masters Edition III, and in an online only theme deck.

Due to Chain Lightning only having two previous printings, the paper price has crept towards $15 as this powerful card has been disappearing into many different Magic the Gathering collections. While being printed at uncommon will keep the price of the original versions from tanking, it's very likely that the foil version from Eternal Masters will be preferable to that of the Premium Deck.

Even being printed at uncommon in this set does not change its status in the popular Pauper format on Magic Online. It actually sees about the same amount of play in Pauper as it does in Legacy. It's good to see more copies of this classic burn spell printed outside of Magic Online.

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