---
name: "Lavaball Trap"
mana_cost: "{6}{R}{R}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Instant — Trap"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "135"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "a9cdfb6c-6087-4b0d-b8a5-175f3546b23a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lavaball-trap-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lavaball Trap
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{R}{R}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Instant — Trap

## Oracle Text
If an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {3}{R}{R} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy two target lands. Lavaball Trap deals 4 damage to each creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inferno Trap](/printing/inferno-trap-arc.md) — Instant — Trap
2. [Volcanic Offering](/printing/volcanic-offering-cm2.md) — Instant
3. [Runeflare Trap](/printing/runeflare-trap-zen.md) — Instant — Trap
4. [Lava Blister](/printing/lava-blister-ody.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ravenous Trap](/printing/ravenous-trap-plst.md) — Instant — Trap
6. [Whiplash Trap](/printing/whiplash-trap-zen.md) — Instant — Trap

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #135
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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