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Inscription of Ruin

{2}{B}

Sorcery

PZNRZendikar Rising Promos#108prare
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Zoltan Boros
Printings5
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
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.
Kicker

Plays as: Opponent Discard · Reanimation · Modal Spell · Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 14h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+11.1%
$0.20
$0.02 low-$0.01 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.15
$0.07 low-$0.01 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.09· across 5 printings

Rulings

11 · latest Nov 8, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCNov 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.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

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

  • WotCNov 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.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

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

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

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

  • WotCNov 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.

  • WotCSep 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.

  • WotCSep 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.

  • WotCSep 25, 2020

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

  • WotCSep 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.

  • WotCSep 25, 2020

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