Scorching Lava
Instant
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Scorching Lava deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, that creature can't be regenerated this turn and if it would die this turn, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #24578
Scorching Lava deals 2 damage to any target and, if the target is a creature, prevents regeneration and exiles it on death — meaningful upside over a vanilla Shock. The condition rarely matters enough to justify the slot over unconditional removal, and two damage misses too many relevant creatures at the Commander table to earn a spot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scorching Lava competes in a format where creatures routinely have 4+ toughness and the regeneration-hate clause is nearly irrelevant — almost no staple commanders or threats use regeneration, so you're paying for upside that doesn't show up. In Pauper, the common-only card pool makes two-damage spells more viable, and the exile clause occasionally matters against Dredge or recursive creatures, giving Scorching Lava a narrow but real niche. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient removal, so it sees no play there. Across every format, the card is strictly outclassed when the regeneration rider is blank, which is most of the time.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Scorching Lava is bulk in the truest sense — you're not paying a premium for anything. That price won't move; there's no competitive demand driving it up, and it will stay a throw-in card for the foreseeable future.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.