Zendikar (zen)
#135 • rare • English • Foil
#135 • rare • English • Foil
Lavaball Trap 
6
Instant — Trap
If an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy two target lands. Lavaball Trap deals 4 damage to each creature.
3
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.Destroy two target lands. Lavaball Trap deals 4 damage to each creature.
Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
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Legalities
Not Legal
Not Legal
Not Legal
Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyNot Legal
Legal
vintageLegal
CommanderNot Legal
Not Legal
Rulings
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 • wotc
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.
2009-10-01 • wotc
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
2009-10-01 • wotc
You may target any two lands, not just ones that entered this turn.
2009-10-01 • wotc
All creatures are dealt damage, not just ones controlled by the targeted lands' controller(s).
2009-10-01 • wotc
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 • wotc
Alternate Printings
Normal: $0.28 | Foil: $0.76