Molten Vortex
Enchantment
, Discard a land card: This enchantment deals 2 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #21681
Molten Vortex turns surplus lands into repeatable 2-damage pings at instant speed — relevant damage output for one mana of investment plus one mana per activation. The catch is that discarding a land is a real cost, so it earns its slot only in decks that actively want lands in the graveyard or run enough land redundancy to treat the discard as a feature.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Molten Vortex is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in every 60-card competitive format it sits well below the power threshold — direct damage at sorcery-or-worse pacing with a discard cost simply can't compete with Lava Spike or Light Up the Stage. Commander is where it actually matters: land-heavy or landfall-centric decks treat the discard as a synergy trigger rather than a loss, and the one-mana enchantment is easy to slot in without warping a curve. In Oathbreaker the same logic applies at a smaller table scale, where reaching a specific planeswalker's loyalty is often more relevant than burning face, so Vortex is a role-player at best there.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Molten Vortex is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if a land-synergy deck needs it. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb unless a new commander dramatically raises demand, so expect it to stay in this range.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.