Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Land
This land enters tapped.
Whenever a Mountain you control enters, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have this land deal 3 damage to any target.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Expeditions
- Price
- $24.66
- EDHREC rank
- #1397
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle turns every Mountain entering the battlefield into a Lightning Bolt once you hit six Mountains — in a Mountain-heavy deck, that's a win condition stapled to a land slot. The cost is real: it enters tapped, does nothing until you've built a Mountain base, and outside dedicated landfall or Mountain-tribal shells like Norin the Wary it's a blank.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Norin the Wary
Norin the Wary flickers itself every turn, which triggers landfall and ETB engines on a loop — Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle is the payoff that converts those Mountain drops into a steady stream of three-damage pings that close the game without needing combat.
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus doubles noncombat damage, so each Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle trigger becomes six damage instead of three — a Mountain-heavy landfall package under Solphim turns a slow drip into a lethal flood fast.
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh operates in a mono-red shell that naturally floods the board with Mountains, and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle gives that shell a mana-free damage source that doesn't depend on Chandra staying on the battlefield.
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Zo-Zu the Punisher already taxes every land drop opponents make, and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle adds a second layer of punishment — each Mountain you play bolts something while Zo-Zu drains everyone's life total simultaneously.
Kratos, God of War
Kratos, God of War wants a Mountain-dense mana base to support his aggressive gameplan, and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle converts the land ramp that gets Kratos online into incidental removal or direct damage that clears blockers before combat.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle is a legitimate win condition in any mono-red or heavy-red deck willing to build around Mountains — pair it with Scapeshift effects or land-fetch spells and a single activation chain can kill multiple opponents. In Modern, it anchors the dedicated Scapeshift combo deck, where fetching seven Mountains plus Valakut in one shot deals 18 damage instantly; the deck is fringe-competitive but real. Legacy and Vintage have no practical use for it — the formats move too fast for a land that needs setup, and better redundant win conditions exist. Oathbreaker slots it into red planeswalker decks the same way Commander does, with the same Mountain-density requirement.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Nothing replicates exactly what Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle does — a land that generates damage — but Sunbird's Invocation and Fiery Emancipation offer damage amplification in the same shells for under $5, shifting the gameplan from "Mountains as bullets" to "spells hit harder." If the goal is specifically a land-based win condition, the honest answer is that Valakut has no true budget replacement; cutting it means rebuilding around a different axis entirely.
Price Context
Current price
$24.66 premium tier
At $24.66, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle sits in premium territory for a land with a narrow home — it demands a dedicated Mountain-heavy build to justify the price tag. It has maintained demand across multiple formats and printings, so this is a stable price floor rather than a spike, but you're paying for a combo piece, not a generically powerful land.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Norin the Wary
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
- Zo-Zu the Punisher
- Kratos, God of War
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.