---
name: "Lavabrink Floodgates"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "C20"
set_name: "Commander 2020"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anastasia Ovchinnikova"
oracle_id: "bd4df73c-bbd5-47fd-a961-19f3a3c59381"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lavabrink-floodgates-c20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lavabrink Floodgates
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}: Add {R}{R}.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may put a doom counter on this artifact or remove a doom counter from it. Then if it has three or more doom counters on it, sacrifice this artifact. When you do, it deals 6 damage to each creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Armageddon Clock](/printing/armageddon-clock-sum.md) — Artifact
2. [Shrine of Burning Rage](/printing/shrine-of-burning-rage-prm.md) — Artifact
3. [Eye of Doom](/printing/eye-of-doom-plst.md) — Artifact
4. [Gates Ablaze](/printing/gates-ablaze-rna.md) — Sorcery
5. [Incendiary Sabotage](/printing/incendiary-sabotage-kld.md) — Instant
6. [Imminent Doom](/printing/imminent-doom-akr.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2020 (C20) #53
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anastasia Ovchinnikova
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`