Lifening Elemental
MB2Mystery Booster 2/#547/2024Rare
Colour IDMV 6
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.49
Cardmarket€0.24
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.16
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Card Kingdom$0.03
Paper retail history (USD)
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Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.16TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▼ 5.9%30d▲ 0.0%90d▼ 20.0%
90d high
$0.20
90d low
$0.16
Paper printings priced
1
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$0.16
Mystery Booster 2
- Up 0.0% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 20% below its 90 day high of $0.20.
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Gameplay and rules
Creature — Vampire Elemental
Lifelink
Splice onto instant or sorcery (As you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's abilities to that spell. It's still an instant or sorcery spell.)
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Keywords
LifelinkSplice
Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
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Rulings (8)
wotc8 Nov 2024
Splicing Lifening Elemental onto an instant or sorcery will give it lifelink. It won’t make that instant or sorcery spell a creature spell, nor give it a power or toughness.
wotc8 Nov 2024
If a spell is copied, choices made while casting it are copied, so the copy will have the same abilities spliced onto it as the original.
wotc8 Nov 2024
If the spell is countered or otherwise fail to resolve, any cards you spliced onto it remain in your hand.
wotc8 Nov 2024
For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
wotc8 Nov 2024
If all of the spell’s targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen, including those from cards spliced onto it.
wotc8 Nov 2024
You reveal all cards you intend to splice at the same time. Each individual card can be spliced only once onto any one spell, although multiple cards with the same name may be spliced onto one spell.
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About this card
Lifening Elemental
Lifening Elemental is a Creature — Vampire Elemental, with mana cost {5}{B} (mana value 6).
Format legality: Commander: not_legal, Modern: not_legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: not_legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.16 (up 0.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Lifening Elemental FAQ
How much is Lifening Elemental worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Lifening Elemental is $0.16. It is up 0.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.16 to $0.20.
What is the cheapest printing of Lifening Elemental?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Mystery Booster 2 at $0.16 on TCGplayer.
What set was Lifening Elemental first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from MB2 #547, released 2024-08-02.
Is Lifening Elemental legal in Commander?
Lifening Elemental is not currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Lifening Elemental legal in Modern?
Lifening Elemental is not currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Lifening Elemental legal in Standard?
Lifening Elemental is not currently legal in Standard per Scryfall's legality feed.
What does Lifening Elemental do?
Lifening Elemental is a Creature — Vampire Elemental with mana cost {5}{B}. Its Oracle text reads: "Lifelink Splice onto instant or sorcery {1}{B} (As you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's abilities to that spell. It's still an instant or sorcery spell.)".