---
name: "Volcano Imp"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Imp"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PLS"
set_name: "Planeshift"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "d2b1b4dd-e860-40d8-8e07-1dee5be65bc4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/volcano-imp-pls"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Volcano Imp
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Imp
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{1}{R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pit Imp](/printing/pit-imp-tmp.md) — Creature — Imp
2. [Bog Imp](/printing/bog-imp-9ed.md) — Creature — Imp
3. [Fledgling Imp](/printing/fledgling-imp-ody.md) — Creature — Imp
4. [Blistering Dieflyn](/printing/blistering-dieflyn-shm.md) — Creature — Imp
5. [Cackling Imp](/printing/cackling-imp-dvd.md) — Creature — Imp
6. [Ravenous Skirge](/printing/ravenous-skirge-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planeshift (PLS) #56
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `legal`