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Foreboding Ruins

Land

SOIShadows over Innistrad#272rare

Sent to find Sorin, Jace ventured to the vampire's ancestral home, only to find evidence of a deeper mystery.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 2015
Illustrator
Adam Paquette
Found in
Shadows over Innistrad MTGO Redemption · Shadows over Innistrad MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings20EDHREC rank#321
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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 FixerReveal Land
Market · per finishspark updated 7h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+13.2%
$0.43
$0.25 low$0.01 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$1.17
$0.99 low-$0.24 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 20 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

4 · latest Apr 8, 2016
  • 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.