Lavalanche
Commander 2018 184 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Collector number
- 184
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana black mana red mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Green · Red
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Market price
- $0.30
What it does
Lavalanche deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.
Alara's burning blood cannot be contained by mere earth and stone.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lavalanche was originally printed in the 2009 Alara Reborn expansion, designed as a powerful multicolor sorcery that epitomized the Jund shard's themes of destruction and mana-heavy aggression. Its inclusion in the Commander 2018 set marked a strategic reprinting intended to provide players with a scalable board wipe option for multicolored decks, fitting well into the aggressive land-focused archetypes that the set aimed to support.
The card's striking visual identity was crafted by artist Steve Argyle, whose work is characterized by dramatic lighting and intense, kinetic energy. Argyle focused on the volatile nature of the spell, illustrating a river of molten earth to convey the card's capacity to deal damage to both a player and their creatures simultaneously. The design was well-received by the player base for its thematic cohesion and its utility in longer-form multiplayer games.
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