First printed in Stronghold (1998)

All 4 prints

Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #199, 2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #9993, 2024
Commander 2011 (CMD) #134, 2011
Stronghold (STH) #95, 1998

Ruination

Sorcery

Destroy all nonbasic lands.

"We have built a wall upon sand. The wall will vanish. The sand will remain."
—Oracle *en*-Vec

Illustrated by: Dermot Power

Legality

Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 4.1 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Duel Commander In 14 of 453 decks (3.1%), most in Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Duel Commander metagame

Staple: main deck, 3% of decks (#698) (last 120 days)

Share of decks

3.1%

▲ 1.8 vs previous 90 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

14 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8, leagues excluded

Weekly data

Week from	Share of decks
10 Aug	0.0%
17 Aug	7.6%
24 Aug	4.9%
31 Aug	2.8%
7 Sep	2.7%
14 Sep	2.7%
21 Sep	6.5%
28 Sep	0.0%
5 Oct	2.9%
12 Oct	0.0%
19 Oct	0.0%
26 Oct	0.0%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Magda, Brazen Outlaw	2.2%	100%
Magda, the Hoardmaster	0.7%	100%
Thor, God of Thunder	0.2%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Untimely Malfunction	100%	30.5
Magus of the Moon	100%	11.7
Winter Moon	100%	10.6
Ghostfire Slice	100%	10.2
Hexing Squelcher	100%	5.7
Arena of Glory	100%	5.4
Broadside Bombardiers	100%	4.9
Fury	100%	3.4
Lightning Bolt	100%	3.1
Urza's Saga	100%	1.8

Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

No results yet.

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Magda, Brazen Outlaw TVAmaral, 10 Oct	1 main	5-0
Magda, Brazen Outlaw TVAmaral, 25 Sep	1 main	5-0
Magda, Brazen Outlaw TVAmaral, 25 Sep	1 main	5-0
Magda, the Hoardmaster grumgrum, 16 Sep	1 main	5-0
Thor, God of Thunder hyyy1, 11 Sep	1 main	5-0
Magda, Brazen Outlaw TVAmaral, 3 Sep	1 main	5-0
Magda, Brazen Outlaw TVAmaral, 31 Aug	1 main	#18 of 24 1-2
Magda, Brazen Outlaw TVAmaral, 27 Aug	1 main	5-0

Legacy In 21 of 4745 decks (0.4%), most in Boros Energy

Legacy metagame

Share of decks

0.4%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 90 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

0 main, 21 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

64%

3 top 8, leagues excluded

Weekly data

Week from	Share of decks
10 Aug	0.3%
17 Aug	0.5%
24 Aug	0.0%
31 Aug	0.0%
7 Sep	0.6%
14 Sep	0.4%
21 Sep	0.3%
28 Sep	0.3%
5 Oct	0.3%
12 Oct	1.8%
19 Oct	0.6%
26 Oct	0.6%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Boros Energy	7.9%	1%
Jeskai Control	1.6%	23%
Stiflenought	0.3%	15%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Stiflenought Hodibert in Legacy Challenge 32	9-1 90%
Jeskai Control shenmeng in Legacy Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Jeskai Control Xiongye in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Jeskai Control Sergio702 in Legacy Challenge 32	4-3 57%
Stiflenought Benny Zeoli in Bay Area Eternal Legacy 3K+ Open	4-3 57%
Jeskai Control Madison Mckenzie in Bay Area Eternal Legacy 3K+ Open	2-3 40%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Jeskai Control cleverPPZ, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Jeskai Control retiman, 25 Oct	1 side	5-0
Jeskai Control Snowper, 20 Oct	1 side	5-0
Jeskai Control cleverPPZ, 20 Oct	1 side	5-0
Jeskai Control zhinonono, 19 Oct	1 side	5-0
Jeskai Control shenmeng, 17 Oct	1 side	#4 (top 8) of 49 6-2
Jeskai Control RikRin, 15 Oct	1 side	5-0
Jeskai Control detth, 14 Oct	1 side	5-0

Commander In 18 of 15406 decks (0.1%), most in Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Commander metagame

Share of decks

0.1%

vs previous 90 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

18 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

2 top 8, leagues excluded

Weekly data

Week from	Share of decks
10 Aug	–
17 Aug	0.2%
24 Aug	0.1%
31 Aug	0.1%
7 Sep	0.1%
14 Sep	0.1%
21 Sep	0.1%
28 Sep	0.2%
5 Oct	0.0%
12 Oct	0.0%
19 Oct	0.2%
26 Oct	0.0%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Magda, Brazen Outlaw	2.1%	0%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	0.1%	7%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools	0.1%	85%
Slicer, Hired Muscle	0.1%	23%
Niv-Mizzet, Parun	0.1%	10%
Birgi, God of Storytelling	0.0%	33%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Jeska's Will	100%	3.3
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Rite of Flame	94%	2.3
Gamble	94%	2.2
Deflecting Swat	94%	1.8
Ancient Tomb	94%	1.1
Chrome Mox	94%	1.1
Gemstone Caverns	94%	1.0
Lotus Petal	94%	1.0
Blood Moon	89%	65.2

Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Slicer, Hired Muscle Noah Satler in BellsCon CEDH Tournament	1-4 20%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Leong Kuan Sin in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	0-5 0%
Birgi, God of Storytelling German A. Zamudio in Nacional de CEDH 100K @ WolfCon 2026	0-5 0%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Austin Dye, 25 Oct	1 main	#12 of 28 0-1
Muxus, Goblin Grandee Jayden Hewitt, 25 Oct	1 main	#37 of 39 0-4
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Syang, 24 Oct	1 main	#61 of 72 0-4
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Jason Gaxiola, 24 Oct	1 main	#52 of 65 0-3
Slicer, Hired Muscle Noah Satler, 4 Oct	1 main	#34 of 60 1-4
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Mr. Green - Luigi Sassolino, 4 Oct	1 main	#12 of 41 1-2
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools [DRG] Enrique Pérez Riesco, 3 Oct	1 main	#15 of 47 1-1
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Leong Kuan Sin, 3 Oct	1 main	#64 of 84 0-5