Peak Eruption
Sorcery
Destroy target Mountain. Peak Eruption deals 3 damage to that land's controller.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #29085
Peak Eruption destroys a Mountain and deals 3 damage to its controller — a two-for-one that answers both a land and a life total in one card. It's narrow by design, but in any red deck built around land disruption or mono-red hate, it earns its slot.
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 |
Peak Eruption is a sideboard card in every format that allows it, and that's exactly where it belongs. In Commander, it's too situational for most metas — not every table runs mono-red or heavy Mountains — but it finds a home in dedicated land-disruption builds or as a hedge against Blood Moon strategies. In Legacy and Modern, it's a sideboard tool against Burn, where destroying a key land while dealing 3 damage can swing a game decisively. Vintage and Pioneer offer little reason to reach for it over more broadly applicable interaction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Peak Eruption is deep bulk — you're essentially getting it for free in any order. Bulk status is permanent here; the card's narrow target requirement keeps demand low regardless of meta shifts.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.