Volcanic Awakening
Volcanic Awakening: Sorcery, Time Spiral. Destroy target land. Storm. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral (TSP)
- Released
- 2006-10-06
- Collector number
- 186
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Commander rank
- 19,490 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Storm
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About Volcanic Awakening
Volcanic Awakening is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red sorcery from Time Spiral (TSP), an expansion set released in October 2006. It is collector number 186 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {4}{R}{R} (four generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Time Spiral is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Destroy target land.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
With a great roar, the land opened like a titan's yawn, with teeth of blackened rock and a lolling tongue of magma.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Volcanic Awakening 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 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Volcanic Awakening, newest first.
- The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
- A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
- The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
- Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.
- You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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