Lotus Cobra
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Creature — Snake
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 7.14 € · ★ 26.98 € · 10.28 $ · ★ 63.58 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Chippy
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-10-02
Flavour text
Its scales contain the essence of thousands of lotus blooms.
Rulings
Lotus Cobra's ability isn't a mana ability. Opponents may respond to it before you have that mana.
Lotus Cobra's ability uses the stack and players may respond to it. It isn't a mana ability because the event that causes it to trigger isn't a mana ability.
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
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