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Lavaball Trap
Instant — Trap
If an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {3}{R}{R} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy two target lands. Lavaball Trap deals 4 damage to each creature.
Mana cost
6
R
R
Mana value
8
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$0.31
EDHREC rank
#22945
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Formats
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Rulings
1 Oct 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.
1 Oct 2009
You may target any two lands, not just ones that entered this turn.
1 Oct 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.
1 Oct 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.
1 Oct 2009
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
1 Oct 2009
All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands' controller(s).

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