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Molten Collapse, art by Kasia 'Kafis' Zielińska
Art by Kasia 'Kafis' Zielińska · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Molten Collapse

{B}{R} · Sorcery

Choose one. If you descended this turn, you may choose both instead. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.) • Destroy target creature or planeswalker. • Destroy target noncreature, nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

Rulings (6)

Nov 10, 2023 · Some cards refer to a player who has "descended this turn." This means that a permanent card has been put into that player's graveyard from anywhere this turn.

Nov 10, 2023 · Multiple cards have abilities that begin with "At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn." These cards don't need to have been under your control at the time you descended. For example, if a permanent card is put into your graveyard during your first main phase and you cast Stalactite Stalker your second main phase, its ability will trigger at the beginning of your end step.

Nov 10, 2023 · In either case, it doesn't matter if those cards are still in that player's graveyard.

Nov 10, 2023 · Abilities that begin with "At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn" will trigger only once during your end step, no matter how many times you descended this turn. However, if you haven't descended this turn as your end step begins, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to put a permanent card into your graveyard during the end step in time to have the ability trigger.

Nov 10, 2023 · A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card. Tokens are not cards, and while tokens are put into the graveyard before ceasing to exist, that action doesn't count as a player having descended.

Nov 10, 2023 · Some cards refer to the number of times a player descended this turn. Those cards care about the number of permanent cards put into that player's graveyard from anywhere this turn.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardLegal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=277 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
LanternModern50%8
Grixis DelverLegacy50%4
Rakdos MidrangeModern25%4
DredgeLegacy12.5%8
Mardu DiscardStandard8.9%1–2×45
Hollow OneModern6.7%15
Grixis FrogModern4.4%137
DoomsdayLegacy3.6%56
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Molten Collapse — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
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