Volatile Fault

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Volatile Fault: Land - Cave, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Tap: Add Colorless. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana value
0
Type
Land - Cave
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
286
Artist
Andrew Mar
Commander rank
2,617 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Treasure

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About Volatile Fault

Volatile Fault is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless land from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 286 in that set, with art by Andrew Mar. As a land, it has no mana cost. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023) to Modern Horizons 3 Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{T}: Add {C}.

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You create a Treasure token.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

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

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Volatile Fault

Volatile Fault has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #407Uncommon2024

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Volatile Fault, newest first.

  • If Volatile Fault's ability resolves, the target nonbasic land's controller gets to search for a basic land card even if the land wasn't destroyed by Volatile Fault's ability. This may happen because the land has indestructible. In this case, you'll still create a Treasure token.
  • If the target of Volatile Fault's last ability is illegal as the ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't create a Treasure token.

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