Lavaball Trap
Card Information
Type: Instant — Trap
Mana Cost: 6
CMC: 8
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Zendikar (ZEN)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 135
Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2009
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
If both targeted lands are illegal targets by the time Lavaball Trap resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. No creatures are dealt damage.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
You may target any two lands, not just ones that entered this turn.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands' controller(s).
Source: wotc
Price History
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