Lavaball Trap
~$0.32 low · ~$1.24 high
Red. Instant — Trap
Zendikar #135 · Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Zendikar #135 · Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor SzikszaiWhat is Lavaball Trap worth?
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Oracle text
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.
Format legality
The only printing of Lavaball Trap
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zendikar zen #135· 2009rare· Cardmarket €0.16 · €0.51 foil | rare | $0.32 | $1.24 | €0.16€0.51 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2009
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 8
- EDHREC rank
- #23,124 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Zendikar card (#135).
135
- 135Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Lavaball Trap, read from the Zendikar printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Lavaball Trap. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 8: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Instant is the card type. Trap is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Illustration
- By Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Zendikar. Gold means rare.
- Collector number
- 135 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (6)
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
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.
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 this turn.
2009-10-01
All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands' controller(s).
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