Mana Value
4
Rarity
rare
Lavabrink Floodgates
Artifact
Card Text
{T}: Add {R}{R}. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may put a doom counter on this artifact or remove a doom counter from it. Then if it has three or more doom counters on it, sacrifice this artifact. When you do, it deals 6 damage to each creature.
Set
Commander 2020
(C20)
EDHREC Rank
#12,684
Lavabrink Floodgates’s reflexive triggered ability triggers and deals damage only if you sacrifice it while resolving its triggered ability. It won’t trigger if you sacrifice it for any other reason.
Wotc — April 17, 2020
The player whose upkeep it is may put a doom counter on Lavabrink Floodgates, remove one from it, or do nothing.
Wotc — April 17, 2020
Lavabrink Floodgates is sacrificed for having three or more doom counters on it only while its ability is resolving. If you put a third counter on it some other way, it won’t be immediately sacrificed.
Wotc — April 17, 2020
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