MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #134

Lava Burst

DIGITAL ONLY

me2·#134·uncommon·foil

Illus. Tom Wänerstrand

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '08

18 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,487 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.05

Nonfoil$0.05

Gameplay

Sorcery

Lava Burst deals X damage to any target. If Lava Burst would deal damage to a creature, that damage can't be prevented or dealt instead to another permanent or player.

"Overkill? This isn't a game of Kick-the-Ouphe!" —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2008-10-01wotc

A creature dealt damage by Lava Burst may be regenerated.

2008-10-01wotc

Prevention and redirection effects will have no effect on damage dealt by Lava Burst to a creature. However, they will work on damage that Lava Burst would deal to a player.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME2 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #134 of *Masters Edition II*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2008 Masters Edition II release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {X}{R} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #20,487 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tom Wänerstrand. Rarix catalogs 255 other cards credited to this artist.