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Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Card Information
Type: Land
CMC: 0
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: Zendikar (ZEN)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 228
Oracle Text
This land enters tapped. Whenever a Mountain you control enters, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have this land deal 3 damage to any target. {T}: Add {R}.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2009
You target a permanent or player when the ability triggers. You decide whether to have Valakut deal damage to that permanent or player as the ability resolves.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
If a Mountain you control leaves the battlefield between the time Valakut's second ability triggers and the time it resolves, be aware if that was the Mountain that caused Valakut's ability to trigger or not. If it was, Valakut's count isn't affected; if it wasn't, Valakut's count goes down by one.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
If multiple Mountains enter under your control at the same time, Valakut's second ability could trigger that many times. Each ability takes into consideration the other Mountains that entered at the same time as the one that caused it to trigger.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle's triggered ability has an "intervening 'if' clause." That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless, at the time a Mountain enters under your control, you control five or more Mountains other than that new one, and (2) the ability will do nothing if you control fewer than five Mountains other than that new one by the time it resolves.
Source: wotc
Price History
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