Lavalanche

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Lavalanche: Sorcery, Dominaria United Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{X}{B}{R}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black, red and green (BRG)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
Released
2022-09-09
Collector number
157
Artist
Steve Argyle
Commander rank
9,425 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Lavalanche

Lavalanche is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black, red and green sorcery from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 157 in that set, with art by Steve Argyle. It costs {X}{B}{R}{G} (X, one black, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black, red and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Alara Reborn (2009) to Dominaria United Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Lavalanche deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.

Alara's burning blood cannot be contained by mere earth and stone.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Lavalanche by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Lavalanche

Lavalanche has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #240Rare2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #516Rare2022
Commander 2018 (C18) #184Rare2018
Commander 2016 (C16) #209Rare2016
Alara Reborn (ARB) #118Rare2009

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Lavalanche, newest first.

  • Because Lavalanche doesn't target any creatures, it will deal damage to creatures with shroud. Any damage it would deal to creatures with appropriate protection abilities will still be prevented, however.
  • If the targeted player has become an illegal target by the time Lavalanche resolves, Lavalanche doesn't resolve. Nothing will be dealt damage.

Similar cards

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Lavalanche is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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