Lava Blister
Sorcery
Destroy target nonbasic land unless its controller has Lava Blister deal 6 damage to them.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #23166
Lava Blister destroys a land without targeting — sidestepping shroud, hexproof, and protection — but only if your opponent didn't cast a spell this turn. That conditional is a real cost, and it's why Lava Blister sits at the fringe of competitive play rather than the center of it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lava Blister occupies a narrow niche: land destruction that can't be countered by hexproof or shroud effects, useful in metas where someone is abusing Maze of Ith, Dark Depths, or Cabal Coffers. The 'no spell cast this turn' restriction means you're almost always holding it for your opponent's end step, which limits blowout potential but keeps it usable as reactive interaction. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but essentially unplayed — those formats move too fast for conditional land removal at sorcery-adjacent timing to matter. Lava Blister's best home is Commander, full stop, and even there it's a meta call rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Lava Blister is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that fills a very specific role. It won't appreciate in price, but it doesn't need to; pick it up if your meta has problem lands and move on.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.