Lava Axe
Starter 1999 111 • common
- Set
- Starter 1999
- Collector number
- 111
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Brian Snõddy
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Lava Axe deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Meant to cut through the body and burn straight to the soul.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lava Axe was originally introduced as a core red spell in the foundational Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed to embody the brute force of the game's fire-aligned mana. The version featured in the 1999 Starter set was intended to introduce new players to the mechanics of direct damage, serving as a straightforward, high-impact card that taught the basic interaction between mana costs and spell effects.
The artwork for this iteration maintains the brutalist aesthetic established by the game's early creative direction, focusing on the raw, destructive capability of elemental magic. While it has been reprinted numerous times throughout the game's history, the 1999 Starter release remains a distinct entry point for a generation of collectors who entered the hobby during the game's period of significant mainstream expansion at the turn of the millennium.
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