Ruthless Invasion
Sorcery
NPHNew Phyrexia#93common
Foil
"For the survival of our people, every conflict must now end in retreat." —Pythor, Mirran resistance
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 519
- Illustrator
- Svetlin Velinov
- Found in
- New Phyrexia MTGO Redemption · New Phyrexia MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
( can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Nonartifact creatures can't block this turn.
can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Nonartifact creatures can't block this turn.Plays as: Life Outlet
Market · per finishspark updated 7h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+11.1%
$0.20
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.33
$0.19 low$0.09 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.20as of 2026-07-12
+11.1%
H $0.20L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.33as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.42L $0.15since Feb 2024$0.19
$0.10
$0.09+47% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.19· across 2 printings
Rulings
5 · latest Jun 1, 2011 · one tap opens all
- WotCJun 1, 2011
A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
- WotCJun 1, 2011
As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
- WotCJun 1, 2011
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
- WotCJun 1, 2011
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
- WotCJun 1, 2011
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.