Magma Rift
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land.
Magma Rift deals 5 damage to target creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #28696
Magma Rift destroys a creature with no questions asked — but it costs you a land to do it, which is a steep tax for single-target removal. Run it only if your deck actively wants lands in the graveyard.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Magma Rift occupies a narrow niche: landfall-graveyard decks that treat the land cost as a feature rather than a drawback. Elsewhere, it's outclassed — Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have Fatal Push, Lightning Bolt, and Swords to Plowshares doing the same job for one mana with no resource loss. Pauper is the one format where the card is technically playable, but even there, the land sacrifice makes it a fringe consideration at best.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Magma Rift is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. Demand is too narrow to push the price higher, so it'll stay in the bulk bin indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.