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Foreboding Ruins

Land

AFCForgotten Realms Commander#238rare
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Adam Paquette
Found in
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck Planar Portal
Printings20
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Plays as: Mana Fixer · Reveal Land

Market · per finishspark updated 14h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-10.5%
$0.34
$0.20 low$0.10 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.30· across 20 printings

Rulings

4 · latest Apr 8, 2016 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 8, 2016

    If a Swamp or Mountain is entering the battlefield from your hand at the same time as Foreboding Ruins, you may reveal the other land to have Foreboding Ruins enter untapped.

  • WotCApr 8, 2016

    If an effect instructs you to put Foreboding Ruins onto the battlefield tapped, it will still enter the battlefield tapped even if you reveal a land card from your hand.

  • WotCApr 8, 2016

    Lands don't have a subtype just because they can produce mana of the corresponding color. Foreboding Ruins itself is neither a Swamp nor a Mountain, even though it produces black and red mana, so you can't reveal one to satisfy the ability of another.

  • WotCApr 8, 2016

    You may reveal any land card with either or both of the appropriate subtypes. It doesn't have to be a basic land. For example, you could reveal Sunken Hollow from the Battle for Zendikar set to satisfy the ability of Foreboding Ruins.