Lava Tubes
Land
This land doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a depletion counter on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a depletion counter from this land.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Pro Tour Collector Set
- Price
- $1.79
- EDHREC rank
- #27444
Lava Tubes enters untapped and taps for either black or red mana — no drawback, no hoops. For any Rakdos deck that wants consistent dual mana on turn one, it earns its slot.
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 Tubes is a clean, no-questions-asked dual for Rakdos, Mardu, or any other black-red color identity — it enters untapped and never punishes you for running it. Legacy allows it and the card is technically playable there, but fetchable duals like Bloodstained Mire into Badlands make Lava Tubes a fringe consideration at best. Vintage is the same story: legal but outclassed by the power level of the format's mana base. Lava Tubes is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard, so Commander and Oathbreaker are where it actually matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.79 cheap tier
At $1.79, Lava Tubes sits in budget dual territory — you're paying almost nothing for a land that does exactly what an untapped dual should do. It's a stable, low-demand card with no real reprint pressure, so the price is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.