Torrent of Lava
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirageMIR · #199
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.80 € · 1.05 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Torrent of Lava deals X damage to each creature without flying. As long as Torrent of Lava is on the stack, each creature has ": Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature by Torrent of Lava this turn."
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Kathryn Rathke
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1996-10-08
Flavour text
The mountain's voice shouts us all down.
Rulings
If X is zero, it deals no damage (not -1 damage) to non-flying creatures it taps.
It grants the activated ability to creatures while on the stack. This allows the ability to be activated and resolved before the Torrent itself resolves.