Lavaball Trap
Instant — Trap
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Found in
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rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy two target lands. Lavaball Trap deals 4 damage to each creature.Plays as: Cost Alternative · Board Wipe
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Rulings
6 · latest Oct 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2009
All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands' controller(s).
- WotCOct 1, 2009
Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
- WotCOct 1, 2009
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
- WotCOct 1, 2009
If both targeted lands are illegal targets by the time Lavaball Trap resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. No creatures are dealt damage.
- WotCOct 1, 2009
You may ignore a Trap's alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.
- WotCOct 1, 2009
You may target any two lands, not just ones that entered this turn.