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Boiling Earth Battle for Zendikar MTG card

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Boiling Earth

SORCERY Common
Battle for Zendikar BFZ #142 EDHREC #11,988
$0.09
+12.5% 7 days

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Boiling Earth Price Summary

Boiling Earth's current headline price is $0.09.

Boiling Earth Printings & Prices

2 printings

Boiling Earth has 2 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Boiling Earth Rules Text & Legality

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Sorcery — mana cost {1}{R}

Boiling Earth deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.

Awaken 4—{6}{R} (If you cast this spell for {6}{R}, also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Boiling Earth is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard.

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Not legal

Boiling Earth Rulings

5 most recent
  • Aug 25, 2015 Awaken doesn’t give the land you control a color. As most lands are colorless, in most cases the resulting land creature will also be colorless.
  • Aug 25, 2015 If a spell with awaken has multiple targets (including the land you control), and some but not all of those targets become illegal by the time the spell tries to resolve, the spell won’t affect the illegal targets in any way.
  • Aug 25, 2015 If the non-awaken part of the spell doesn’t require a target and you cast the spell for its awaken cost, then the spell won’t resolve if the target land you control becomes illegal before the spell resolves (such as due to being destroyed in response to the spell being cast).
  • Aug 25, 2015 If the non-awaken part of the spell requires a target, you must choose a legal target. You can’t cast the spell if you can’t choose a legal target for each instance of the word “target” (though you only need a legal target for the awaken ability if you’re casting the spell for its awaken cost).
  • Aug 25, 2015 The land will retain any other types, subtypes, or supertypes it previously had. It will also retain any mana abilities it had as a result of those subtypes. For example, a Forest that’s turned into a creature this way can still be tapped for {G}.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

3 printings

Boiling Earth has been reprinted 3 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
PLST #BFZ-142 2022-04-29 Common Standard
BFZ #142 2015-10-02 Common Standard
BFZ #142 2015-10-02 Common Standard

Boiling Earth in Commander

Boiling Earth is the #11,988 most-played card on EDHREC, down 413 places over the last 30 days.

Boiling Earth FAQ

How much is Boiling Earth worth?

Boiling Earth is worth about $0.09 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.

Is Boiling Earth legal in Commander?

Yes — Boiling Earth is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Pauper.

Has Boiling Earth been reprinted?

Yes — Boiling Earth has been reprinted 3 times, with 2 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Boiling Earth cheap?

Boiling Earth trades at about $0.09 — 3 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#11,988 on EDHREC).