Rite of Ruin

Rite of Ruin

Sorcery

Mana cost: {5}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Choose an order for artifacts, creatures, and lands. Each player sacrifices one permanent of their choice of the first type, sacrifices two of their choice of the second type, then sacrifices three of their choice of the third type.

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Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Rite of Ruin, it triggers

a nontoken permanent is sacrificed — 108 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Rite of Ruin:

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — brings a card back
  2. It That Betrays — brings a card back
  3. Nazgûl Battle-Mace — brings a card back
  4. Skittering Precursor — makes a token
  5. Evendo Brushrazer — exiles a card from your library

a permanent is sacrificed — 109 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Rite of Ruin:

  1. Scavenger's Talent — mills a card
  2. Sandbender Scavengers — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Popular Egotist — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Blood Aspirant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Slaughter-Priest of Mogis — gets +2/+0
  6. Merchant of Venom — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Sorcerer's Broom — makes a token
  8. Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz — gains you 2 life
  9. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

  1. Cosmic Rebirth — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Cosmic Rebirth can bring back
  2. Starving Revenant — Rite of Ruin fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  3. Yuna's Decision — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Yuna's Decision can bring back
  4. Squirming Emergence — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard, and Squirming Emergence gets bigger
  5. Hologram Stalker — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Hologram Stalker can bring back
  6. Badlands Revival — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Badlands Revival can bring back
  7. Urborg Repossession — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Urborg Repossession can bring back
  8. Return of the Mole Man — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard, and Return of the Mole Man gets bigger
  9. Puca's Covenant — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Puca's Covenant can bring back
  10. Trystan's Command — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Trystan's Command can bring back

117 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Rite of Ruin:

  1. Jinxed Ring — deals 1 damage
  2. Liability — makes a player lose 1 life

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 174 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Rite of Ruin:

  1. Prince of Thralls — brings a card back
  2. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  3. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  4. Sarulf, Realm Eater — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Aetherworks Marvel — adds 1 mana
  6. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent leaves the battlefield — 313 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

  1. Genku, Future Shaper — When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Rite of Ruin, Genku, Future Shaper makes a token

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Rite of Ruin:

  1. Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nefarious Imp — scries

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

  1. Death to Our Enemies — When Death to Our Enemies is sacrificed thanks to Rite of Ruin, it deals 7 damage
  2. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Rite of Ruin, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

When Rite of Ruin is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

  1. Long Feng, Grand Secretariat — When a permanent dies thanks to Rite of Ruin, Long Feng, Grand Secretariat puts a counter on a creature
  2. Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation — When Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation dies thanks to Rite of Ruin, it returns itself from the graveyard
  3. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Rite of Ruin, it exiles a creature

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Rite of Ruin is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Harness the Storm — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  3. Samwise Gamgee — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  4. Bloodbond March — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — Rite of Ruin fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — Rite of Ruin puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back

436 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.