Lava Coil
Sorcery
Lava Coil deals 4 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Media and Collaboration Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14815
Lava Coil hits any creature with power 4 or less for two mana and exiles it — no graveyard recursion, no death triggers, just gone. In shells built around Imodane, the Pyrohammer, that exile clause matters less than the raw damage output the spell feeds into her copy trigger.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imodane, the Pyrohammer
Imodane, the Pyrohammer copies any spell that deals damage to exactly one creature, so Lava Coil's 4 damage becomes a second 4-damage instance aimed at a player — turning spot removal into a face-burn engine at instant-adjacent speed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lava Coil occupies a narrow slot: it handles utility creatures efficiently but blanks against commanders above power 4 and does nothing to non-creature threats. Pauper is where it earns the most respect — two mana to exile a creature at sorcery speed is a real rate at common, and the graveyard-hate upside is relevant against reanimator strategies. Modern and Pioneer have access to strictly faster options, so Lava Coil rarely makes the cut there. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it given the power density of those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available for Lava Coil right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates. As a common with narrow competitive applications, it has historically sat well under a dollar and is worth picking up as a cheap Commander role-player in the right build.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.