Inscription of Ruin

Printings

  • Zendikar Rising (ZNR)#108
  • Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR)#108s
  • Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR)#108p
  • Zendikar Rising (ZNR)#340
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM)#83798

Inscription of Ruin

Card Information

Type: Sorcery

Mana Cost: 2Black mana

CMC: 3

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for B

Set: Zendikar Rising (ZNR)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 108

Oracle Text

Kicker {2}{B}{B} Choose one. If this spell was kicked, choose any number instead. • Target opponent discards two cards. • Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Destroy target creature with mana value 3 or less.

Keywords

Kicker

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. November 8, 2024

    The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

    Source: wotc
  2. November 8, 2024

    If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

    Source: wotc
  3. November 8, 2024

    If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

    Source: wotc
  4. November 8, 2024

    To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

    Source: wotc
  5. November 8, 2024

    If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

    Source: wotc
  6. November 8, 2024

    If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

    Source: wotc
  7. September 25, 2020

    Because targets are chosen as you cast a spell, you can't have Inscription of Ruin return a creature card and then destroy that creature.

    Source: wotc
  8. September 25, 2020

    If a card in a player's graveyard or a creature on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

    Source: wotc
  9. September 25, 2020

    If you kick Inscription of Ruin, you can't choose any one mode more than once.

    Source: wotc
  10. September 25, 2020

    If any targets become illegal, the other targets will still be affected as appropriate.

    Source: wotc
  11. September 25, 2020

    If more than one mode is chosen, perform them in the order written. Nothing can happen in between, however, and no player may choose to take actions. Any abilities that trigger will be put onto the stack after the spell has finished resolving.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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