Volcanic Island
Land — Island Mountain
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #347
Volcanic Island enters untapped and taps for either blue or red with no drawback — it is simply the best dual land available to any Izzet deck. The price is steep in dollars, not in gameplay; Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept lists run it at an 84% inclusion rate precisely because no other land does the same job for free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept is a cEDH staple that demands perfect mana on turns one and two, and Volcanic Island delivers both colors without any entering-tapped penalty or life payment.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce runs a Grixis shell where the Izzet half needs to operate at full speed, and Volcanic Island is the cleanest way to hold up blue interaction while tapping red for Vial Smasher triggers.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain builds into five-color good-stuff that needs every color early, and Volcanic Island handles the blue-red overlap without the tempo loss of a tapped land in a deck that wants to cast Sisay on curve.
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Ral, Monsoon Mage is spell-intensive and rewards casting multiple instants and sorceries in a single turn, so Volcanic Island's unconditional access to both colors on any given turn directly enables the double-spell sequencing Ral needs.
Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces is another cEDH build that chains spells through luck manipulation, and Volcanic Island ensures the mana base never stumbles mid-chain when both red and blue are required in the same window.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Volcanic Island is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — the formats where dual lands from the original print run are permitted. In Legacy it is a pillar of every blue-red and three-color deck that touches Izzet, from Delver builds to control shells, because the format's speed demands untapped duals on turn one. Vintage runs it for the same reason with even less tolerance for tempo loss. Commander is where most players will encounter it, and there Volcanic Island functions as the gold standard for Izzet mana — nothing else in the two-color slot does the job more cleanly. Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper do not allow it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Volcanic Island is one of the most expensive lands in the game — original printings routinely trade in the hundreds of dollars, with Near Mint copies from the earliest sets reaching into the thousands. If price is a constraint, Expressive Iteration and a shockland aren't the same card, but Steam Vents or a fetchable alternative covers the functional need for a fraction of the cost.
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Mentioned
- Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
- Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce
- Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
- Ral, Monsoon Mage
- Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.