Inscription of Ruin (ZNR #340)
Inscription of Ruin is a rare printing from Zendikar Rising (ZNR #340), a Sorcery. Illustrated by Zoltan Boros.
Card 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.
Details
| Mana cost | {2}{B} |
|---|---|
| Type | Sorcery |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Zendikar Rising (ZNR) |
| Collector number | 340 |
| Artist | Zoltan Boros |
| Released | 2020-09-25 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.44, foil $0.30 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- 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.
- September 25, 2020 — If any targets become illegal, the other targets will still be affected as appropriate.
- 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.
- 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.
- September 25, 2020 — If you kick Inscription of Ruin, you can't choose any one mode more than once.
- 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.
- November 8, 2024 — If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
- November 8, 2024 — The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
- November 8, 2024 — If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
- 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.
- 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.
Other printings of Inscription of Ruin
Every MTGBrew page for another printing of Inscription of Ruin:
- Inscription of Ruin (PRM #83798)
- Inscription of Ruin (PZNR #108p)
- Inscription of Ruin (PZNR #108s)
- Inscription of Ruin (ZNR #108)
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