Volcanic Salvo
Volcanic Salvo: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. This spell costs X less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {10}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 12
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 259
- Artist
- Torstein Nordstrand
- Commander rank
- 9,036 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Volcanic Salvo
Volcanic Salvo is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 259 in that set, with art by Torstein Nordstrand. It costs {10}{R}{R} (ten generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 12. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Core Set 2021 (2020) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Volcanic Salvo deals 6 damage to each of up to two target creatures and/or planeswalkers.
Seeing it coming a mile away is little comfort if you can't get out of range in time.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Volcanic Salvo by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Volcanic Salvo
Volcanic Salvo has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #81972 | Rare | 2020 |
| Core Set 2021 (M21) #172 | Rare | 2020 |
| Core Set 2021 (M21) #371 | Rare | 2020 |
| Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #172p | Rare | 2020 |
| Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #172s | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Volcanic Salvo, newest first.
- You can't target the same creature or planeswalker twice with Volcanic Salvo to deal 12 damage to it.
- The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of Volcanic Salvo. It can't reduce the {R}{R} requirement.
- If a creature's power is somehow less than 0, it subtracts from the total power of your other creatures. If the total power of your creatures is 0 or less, the cost remains {10}{R}{R}.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Volcanic Salvo). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- The total cost to cast Volcanic Salvo is locked in before you pay that cost. For example, if you control three 2/2 creatures, including one you can sacrifice to add {C}, the total cost is {4}{R}{R}. Then you can sacrifice the creature when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost.
- Once you begin to cast Volcanic Salvo, players can't take other actions until you've finished casting it. Notably, they can't try to change the total power of your creatures.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Volcanic Salvo is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.