---
name: "Lava Coil"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "108"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Wesley Burt"
oracle_id: "fa71db44-5181-4c51-8b24-7fbedf36e3ca"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lava-coil-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lava Coil
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Lava Coil deals 4 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

> *„Kommandeur, wir haben die Dimir-Spionin gefasst und ihre Asche in Gewahrsam genommen."
—Kramm, Wojek-Sicherheitsoffizier*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Obliterating Bolt](/printing/obliterating-bolt-bro.md) — Sorcery
2. [Magma Spray](/printing/magma-spray-prm.md) — Instant
3. [Reduce to Ashes](/printing/reduce-to-ashes-clu.md) — Sorcery
4. [Scorching Dragonfire](/printing/scorching-dragonfire-eld.md) — Instant
5. [Pillar of Flame](/printing/pillar-of-flame-prm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Scorchmark](/printing/scorchmark-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #108
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Wesley Burt
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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