ZENDIKAR

Lavaball Trap

Lavaball Trap

Lavaball Trap


Instant — Trap


If an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay 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

· Zendikar (ZEN)


Lavaball Trap


#135 · Rare · English · Nonfoil/Foil


Legal Formats

Standard
Pioneer
Modern
Legacy
Vintage
Commander
Oathbreaker
Alchemy
Explorer
Historic
Timeless
Brawl
Pauper
Penny

Variants

Under Construction

Prints


Rulings


2009-10-01 : All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands’ controller(s).

2009-10-01 : Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn’t change its mana cost or converted mana cost. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.

2009-10-01 : Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.

2009-10-01 : If both targeted lands are illegal targets by the time Lavaball Trap resolves, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. No creatures are dealt damage.

2009-10-01 : 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.

2009-10-01 : You may target any two lands, not just ones that entered the battlefield this turn.

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