Volcanic Spray
Sorcery
Volcanic Spray deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.69
- EDHREC rank
- #16728
Volcanic Spray hits every opponent and every creature they control for 1 damage, and with flashback it does it twice for a combined four mana. Outside of Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might doubling that base damage, it's a fringe card — but inside that deck it's a sweeper staple.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might turns Volcanic Spray's 1-damage ping into 4 damage per target, so a single casting wipes most utility creatures off the board and chunks every opponent for 4 — flashback doubles that to an 8-damage headshot across the table.
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 Spray is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it — those formats move too fast for a symmetrical 1-damage spell with no other text. Oathbreaker is a narrow format where it only earns a slot if Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might is the planeswalker's signature spell shell. Commander is where Volcanic Spray actually lives, almost exclusively in Ojer Axonil builds that weaponize the damage-replacement effect to scale this well above rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.69 bulk tier
At $0.69, Volcanic Spray sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to slot in without hesitation if you're building the deck that wants it. Demand is narrow enough that it's unlikely to spike, so pick it up whenever.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.