Lavaball Trap

Zendikar (ZEN) #135 · Rare · Instant — Trap

Mana cost: {6}{R}{R}

If an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {3}{R}{R} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy two target lands. Lavaball Trap deals 4 damage to each creature.

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai · Released October 2, 2009

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.02 USD (6.7%) to $0.32 USD; low $0.30 USD, high $0.32 USD.

Printings

  1. Zendikar #135 (this printing) · Rare · 2009 · $0.32 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2009-10-01 · wotc — Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
  2. 2009-10-01 · wotc — Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
  3. 2009-10-01 · wotc — If both targeted lands are illegal targets by the time Lavaball Trap resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. No creatures are dealt damage.
  4. 2009-10-01 · wotc — You may ignore a Trap's alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.
  5. 2009-10-01 · wotc — You may target any two lands, not just ones that entered this turn.
  6. 2009-10-01 · wotc — All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands' controller(s).

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