Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle: Land, Zendikar. This land enters tapped. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Zendikar (ZEN)
- Released
- 2009-10-02
- Collector number
- 228
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
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About Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red land from Zendikar (ZEN), an expansion set released in October 2009. It is collector number 228 in that set, with art by Kieran Yanner. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Zendikar (2009) to Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $16.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card 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}.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $16.57 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #61 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #14 | Rare | 2024 |
| Zendikar Rising Expeditions (ZNE) #29 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #35142 | Rare | 2010 |
| Zendikar Promos (PZEN) #228★ | Rare | 2009 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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