---
name: "Cave-In"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "180"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "7d937265-02f5-4f2c-9fef-c5930e13b3be"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cave-in-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cave-In
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Cave-In deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pyrokinesis](/printing/pyrokinesis-slz.md) — Instant
2. [Calamitous Cave-In](/printing/calamitous-cave-in-lci.md) — Sorcery
3. [Mine Collapse](/printing/mine-collapse-mh2.md) — Instant
4. [Scent of Cinder](/printing/scent-of-cinder-uds.md) — Sorcery
5. [Inferno Trap](/printing/inferno-trap-arc.md) — Instant — Trap
6. [Blazing Shoal](/printing/blazing-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #180
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`