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Name
Lavaball Trap
Cost
{6}{R}{R}
Types
Instant — Trap
Oracle Text

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.

Set
Zendikar
Artist
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Number
135

Printings

Legality

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Rulings

2009-10-01

All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands’ controller(s).

2009-10-01

Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn’t change its mana cost or converted mana cost. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.

2009-10-01

Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.

2009-10-01

If both targeted lands are illegal targets by the time Lavaball Trap resolves, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. No creatures are dealt damage.

2009-10-01

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.

2009-10-01

You may target any two lands, not just ones that entered the battlefield this turn.

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