Lava-Field Overlord
Creature — Dragon
Assist (Another player can pay up to 
of this spell's cost.)
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals 4 damage to target creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #26532
Lava-Field Overlord lands as a 7/4 flying Dragon that deals 4 damage to each opponent on entry — immediate, guaranteed pressure that doesn't require combat. Eight mana is the real conversation, and at that cost you need the enters-the-battlefield trigger to matter the moment it resolves.
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 |
Commander is where Lava-Field Overlord actually gets played — Dragon tribal decks and reanimator shells both want the ETB damage, and recurring it with Kaalia of the Vast or cheating it into play with Sneak Attack sidesteps the eight-mana ask entirely. In Legacy and Vintage it's theoretically legal but practically invisible; eight mana with no protection and no combo payoff isn't competing in those environments. Oathbreaker shares the same logic as Commander: if you can cheat it in, the four-damage ping is real value, otherwise it's too slow.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Lava-Field Overlord is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or out of a bulk box. Bulk rares with narrow applications don't move upward unless they land in a precon reprint or find a breakout combo home, neither of which looks imminent here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.