---
name: "Volcanic Torrent"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Cascade"]
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "208"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Grzegorz Rutkowski"
oracle_id: "ec2968fb-163d-4907-862b-b84a1f167833"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/volcanic-torrent-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Volcanic Torrent
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cascade

## Oracle Text
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Volcanic Torrent deals X damage to each creature and planeswalker your opponents control, where X is the number of spells you've cast this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Call Forth the Tempest](/printing/call-forth-the-tempest-ltc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Bituminous Blast](/printing/bituminous-blast-afc.md) — Instant
3. [Violent Outburst](/printing/violent-outburst-arb.md) — Instant
4. [Let the Galaxy Burn](/printing/let-the-galaxy-burn-40k.md) — Sorcery
5. [Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty](/printing/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Druid
6. [Volcanic Salvo](/printing/volcanic-salvo-soc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #208
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Grzegorz Rutkowski
- **Total Printings:** 5 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-11-10)* If you copy a spell, Volcanic Torrent won't count the copy. However, if an effect instructs you to copy a card and then cast the copy, it will be counted by Volcanic Torrent.
- *(2020-11-10)* The value of X is calculated as Volcanic Torrent resolves. It will include Volcanic Torrent, spells you cast in response to Volcanic Torrent, and spells you cast prior to casting Volcanic Torrent, even if those spells haven't resolved yet. For example, say the first spell you cast in a turn has cascade and that cascade ability causes you to cast Volcanic Torrent. Then Volcanic Torrent's cascade ability causes you to cast another spell. When Volcanic Torrent resolves, X will be 3.
- *(2021-06-18)* When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.
- *(2021-06-18)* If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
- *(2021-06-18)* If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- *(2021-06-18)* Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.