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Lavaball Trap

Instant — Trap
Lavaball Trap
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Lavaball 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.

Card Information

Color: R
Identifies: R
Cost:
CMC: 8
Types: Instant
Subtypes: Trap
Rarity: rare
Languages:
Layout: normal
Rank:
#22,483
Saltiness:
0.41 / 4.0

Official 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 mana value. 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 this turn.