First printed in Champions of Kamigawa (2004)

All 8 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2049, 2025
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2054, 2025
Pro Tour Promos (PPRO) #2022-1, 2022
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #347, 2021
Ultimate Masters (UMA) #136, 2018
Modern Masters (MMA) #121, 2013
Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #B20, 2010 (digital)
Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #178, 2004

Lava Spike

Sorcery — Arcane

Lava Spike deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.

In the last 30 days 1.2% of Modern decks played it (27 of 2236). Most played in Prowess. In the last 30 days 0.3% of Legacy decks played it (3 of 1071). Most played in Burn.

Staple

Duel Commander staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#710)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

2 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite damage, Infinite magecraft triggers: Desperate Ritual + Izzet Guildmage + Lava Spike
Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite damage: Desperate Ritual + Lava Spike + Mirror Sheen

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 27 of 2236 decks (1.2%).

Share of decks

1.2%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

27 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Prowess	7.3%	5%
WR (unclassified)	1.4%	52%
BR (unclassified)	0.4%	22%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	0.2%	20%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Boltwave	100%	84.0
Barbarian Ring	100%	78.2
Lightning Bolt	100%	3.2
Searing Blaze	96%	84.0
Monastery Swiftspear	96%	12.1
Bloodstained Mire	96%	3.4
Sunbaked Canyon	93%	24.7
Skewer the Critics	89%	84.0
Elegant Parlor	89%	6.7
Sacred Foundry	85%	4.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WR SFDK in Modern Challenge 16	7-1 88%
Prowess Enida in Modern Challenge 32	6-1 86%
WR DemianDesposito10 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
WR DemianDesposito10 in Modern Challenge 64	5-2 71%
WR Polikasoll in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Prowess Enida in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WR DemianDesposito10 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WR DemianDesposito10 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WR DemianDesposito10, 27 Oct	4 main	#30 2-4
Prowess Enida, 27 Oct	4 main	#11 4-2
WR DemianDesposito10, 26 Oct	4 main	#32 2-4
WR DemianDesposito10, 25 Oct	4 main	#7 5-2
WR DemianDesposito10, 24 Oct	4 main	#13 4-2
WR DemianDesposito10, 24 Oct	4 main	#11 4-2
WR MystikHawk, 24 Oct	4 main	5-0
WR DemianDesposito10, 22 Oct	4 main	#31

Legacy Other periods →

In 3 of 1071 decks (0.3%).

Share of decks

0.3%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

3 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

44%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Burn	0.3%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Fireblast	100%	357.0
Boltwave	100%	357.0
Monastery Swiftspear	100%	357.0
Price of Progress	100%	267.8
Chain Lightning	100%	214.2
Lightning Bolt	100%	13.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Burn Brasatore in Legacy Showcase Challenge	7-2 78%
Burn DemianDesposito10 in Legacy Challenge 32	2-4 33%
Burn Sam Treilán in Arzúa - Piknitas Legacy (puntúa para a LIL 26/27)	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Burn Brasatore, 25 Oct	4 main	#22 7-2
Burn DemianDesposito10, 13 Oct	4 main	#32 2-4
Burn Sam Treilán, 4 Oct	4 main	#23 1-4

Pauper Other periods →

In 1 of 1908 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

17%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Red (unclassified)	0.7%	8%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-Red Gilbert Vincent in the300	1-5 17%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Red Gilbert Vincent, 4 Oct	4 main	#228 1-5

Commander Other periods →

In 3 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

3 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

51%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Thor, Guardian of Midgard	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Fireblast	100%	2050.0
Chain Lightning	100%	1537.5
Skewer the Critics	100%	1537.5
Flame Rift	100%	1230.0
Price of Progress	100%	878.6
Voldaren Epicure	100%	768.8
Tectonic Hazard	100%	615.0
Boltwave	100%	615.0
Grab the Prize	100%	473.1
Longshot, Rebel Bowman	100%	473.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff in Top Deck Gauntlet #4 - October	3-2 60%
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island	3-2 60%
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff in cEDH Shuffle Pt.3 Revenge of the Shuffle	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff, 24 Oct	1 main	#11 2-4
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff, 10 Oct	1 main	#2 3-2
Thor, Guardian of Midgard Cameron Hoff, 4 Oct	1 main	#6 3-2

No recent decks in: Vintage, Duel Commander.