Inscription of Ruin 
Sorcery
Oracle text (EN)
Sorcery
Kicker
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.
Printing details
- Set
- ZNR · 340
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Prices
- €0.25 · $0.38
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2026 | €0.25 | €0.12 |
| October 29, 2026 | €0.25 | €0.13 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.25 | €0.14 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.05 trend €0.25 30-day avg €0.22 | low €0.15 trend €0.31 30-day avg €0.34 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.12 with Zero from €0.12 | NM from €0.31 with Zero from €0.31 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.12 | NM from €0.31 |
Cardmarket updated Nov 2, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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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.
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If a card in a player's graveyard or a creature on the battlefield has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. -
If you kick Inscription of Ruin, you can't choose any one mode more than once.
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If any targets become illegal, the other targets will still be affected as appropriate.
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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.
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The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
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If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
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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.
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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.
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If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
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If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.