Lightning Mare
Creature — Elemental Horse
This spell can't be countered.
This creature can't be blocked by blue creatures.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #18976
Lightning Mare is a two-mana 2/1 with protection from blue and can't be countered — narrow enough that you only run it when blue disruption is a specific problem you need to punch through. Outside of that targeted use case, it's outclassed by nearly every other red two-drop.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lightning Mare finds its niche in red-heavy aggro or storm builds that need a threat to survive countermagic-dense tables — uncounterable and protected from blue interaction means it sticks when other threats don't. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more impactful two-drops, so Lightning Mare never sees serious play there. Modern and Pioneer are similarly unkind: the statline doesn't compete, and the protection clause only matters in specific matchups. Lightning Mare is effectively a meta-call card — powerful in the right room, invisible everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Lightning Mare is firmly bulk — you'll find copies in any dollar bin without looking hard. That price is stable because demand is narrow; this isn't a card that spikes unless a specific blue-heavy meta suddenly makes uncounterable red creatures matter.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.