Volcanic Fallout
Instant
This spell can't be countered.
Volcanic Fallout deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #7757
Volcanic Fallout hits every creature and player for 2 damage at instant speed and can't be countered — that's a sweeper that dodges both permission and flash-blocker tricks. Solphim, Mayhem Dominus doubles that output to 4, which clears most boards and threatens players simultaneously.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus doubles each instance of noncombat damage, so Volcanic Fallout's 2 damage becomes 4 to every creature and every player — a clean board sweep that also chunks life totals without ever touching the stack in a way counterspells can stop.
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell adds 2 to each source of red damage you control, pushing Volcanic Fallout's base 2 up to 4 across the board and letting it kill most utility creatures and X/3s that would otherwise survive.
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence cares about noncombat damage dealt to you, and Volcanic Fallout conveniently pings its own controller — each cast charges Blyte up while simultaneously clearing the opponent's board.
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid triggers off damage dealt to opponents, so Volcanic Fallout's uncounterable ping to each opponent generates a trigger per player hit, turning a one-mana-over-rate sweeper into a multi-trigger engine.
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might replaces any red source that would deal less than Axonil's power with damage equal to that power instead, meaning Volcanic Fallout's 2 damage to opponents scales directly off Axonil and becomes a serious life-total threat in addition to its sweeper role.
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, Volcanic Fallout earns its slot in any red deck that wants a sweeper opponents can't respond to — the uncounterable clause is the entire reason to run it over cheaper alternatives, since blue-heavy tables will otherwise react before the spell resolves. In Legacy and Vintage, the card sees fringe play as a sideboard answer to small-creature and token strategies where the instant speed and can't-be-countered clause matter most. Modern has enough superior sweeper options that Volcanic Fallout rarely makes the cut outside of specific hate contexts, though it remains legal. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus — damage-doubling planeswalkers make Volcanic Fallout disproportionately powerful there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Volcanic Fallout is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a common box. Bulk rares with this level of Commander demand tend to stay in this range unless a high-profile reprint or format shift pushes attention to them, so there's no reason to stockpile or hesitate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.