Volcanic Upheaval
Instant
Destroy target land.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #23240
Volcanic Upheaval destroys a land — no questions asked, no conditions attached, instant speed. Four mana for one land is a bad rate, and this slot belongs to something that answers a threat rather than a basic.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Volcanic Upheaval is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in essentially none of them. In Commander, land destruction is already a political liability, and paying four mana at sorcery speed — sorry, instant speed — for a single land puts it well below the threshold where the effect becomes worth the cost. Formats like Legacy and Vintage have access to cheaper, more impactful land disruption, and Pauper's aggressive commons leave no room for a four-mana one-for-one. The card is legal everywhere that matters and correct nowhere.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Volcanic Upheaval is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a trade binder sleeve for years. The price reflects the demand accurately: there is none.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.