Road // Ruin
Instant // Sorcery
Mana cost: {2}{G} // {1}{R}{R}
How we read this card
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
on-cast — searches a library
- makes search land
on-cast —
on-cast —
- makes shuffle a library
Aftermath
Ruin deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.
on-cast — deals damage
Causes: search land , put anything onto the battlefield, shuffle a library, a creature deals noncombat damage.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Road is one).
When Road // Ruin deals noncombat damage:
- Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
- Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
- Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
- Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
- Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
- Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
- Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
- Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library
36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast — 3,585 cards in the game can cause this.
- Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Road // Ruin costs
3,584 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Road is one).
When Road // Ruin is cast:
- Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
- Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
- Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
- Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
- Harness the Storm — brings a card back
- Artist's Talent — draws and discards
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — exiles a spell you control
- Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Road is one).
- Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Road // Ruin, Soul Link gains you that much life
26 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Road is one).
- Wan Shi Tong, Librarian — When Wan Shi Tong, Librarian enters thanks to Road // Ruin, it puts X counters on a permanent
- Niko Aris — When Niko Aris enters thanks to Road // Ruin, it makes X tokens
- The Rollercrusher Ride — When The Rollercrusher Ride enters thanks to Road // Ruin, it deals X damage
22 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.