Magma Burst
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Magma Burst

After every 7 moves, a warning marks a square. It erupts after 3 more moves, removes any piece there, and leaves lava that destroys pieces landing there later. The next warning waits until the current one erupts.

Difficulty: mediumAppears in: 2 levelsOn a repeating move cadence

Rule variants

Base and Extra, kept distinct.

A campaign Extra variant changes the main mutator rule. It is separate from an additional side mutator.

Base variant

Main mutator

After every 7 moves, a warning marks a square. It erupts after 3 more moves, removes any piece there, and leaves lava that destroys pieces landing there later. The next warning waits until the current one erupts.

Detailed rule

After every 7 moves, a warning marks a square. It erupts after 3 more moves, removes any piece there, and leaves lava that destroys pieces landing there later. The next warning waits until the current one erupts.

Extra variant

Changed main rule

After every 5 moves, a warning marks a square. It erupts after 3 more moves, removes any piece there, and leaves lava that destroys pieces landing there later. A new warning waits until the current one erupts.

Detailed rule

After every 5 moves, a warning marks a square. It erupts after 3 more moves, removes any piece there, and leaves lava that destroys pieces landing there later. A new warning waits until the current one erupts.

Conquest

Affected side: Both sides

After every 5 moves, a warning marks a square. It erupts after 3 more moves, removes any piece there, and leaves lava that destroys pieces landing there later. A new warning waits until the current one erupts.

Domination

Affected side: Both sides

After every 5 moves, a warning marks a square. It erupts after 3 more moves, removes any piece there, and leaves lava that destroys pieces landing there later. A new warning waits until the current one erupts.

Strategy notes

Turn the constraint into a lever.

Plan around it

  • Keep pieces mobile when the magma timer is live.
  • In Conquest, infer the danger from the board; in Domination, use the visible warning.

Keep in mind

  • The warning countdown advances after every move you complete.
  • Permanent lava stays on the board after an eruption.