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Academy Ruins

First printed in Time Spiral (2006)

All 10 prints

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  • Star Trek Commander (TRC) #366, 2026
  • Star Trek Commander (TRC) #512, 2026
  • Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #58, 2025
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1506, 2023
  • The List (PLST) #2XM-309, 2021
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM) #82818, 2020 (digital)
  • Double Masters (2XM) #309, 2020
  • Double Masters (2XM) #369, 2020
  • Modern Masters (MMA) #219, 2013
  • Time Spiral (TSP) #269, 2006

Academy Ruins

Legendary Land

tap: Add Colorless.
1 genericBlue, tap: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Its secrets once wrought the greatest artifice ever known. Now crabs loot the rubble to decorate their shells.

Illustrated by
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

Legality

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

Prices

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).

Combos

3 combos, the most popular first:

Commander In 55 of 6640 decks (0.8%), most in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Share of decks
0.8%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-16: 0.0% 2026-08-23: 0.9% 2026-08-30: 0.8% 2026-09-06: 0.7% 2026-09-13: 0.8% 2026-09-20: 0.9% 2026-09-27: 0.9% 2026-10-04: 0.6% 2026-10-11: 1.0% 2026-10-18: 0.8% 2026-10-25: 1.2%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
55
55 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
31%
6 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 7.4% 0%
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 5.1% 1%
Vivi Ornitier 2.2% 1%
Tivit, Seller of Secrets 0.9% 8%
Arcum Dagsson 0.7% 43%
Urza, Lord High Artificer 0.6% 16%
Vraska, Soul of Stone 0.5% 3%
Shorikai, Genesis Engine 0.2% 8%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Sol Ring98%1.0
Force of Will89%1.4
Mystic Remora87%1.3
Chrome Mox85%0.9
Rhystic Study84%1.3
Fierce Guardianship84%1.3
Lotus Petal84%0.9
Swan Song82%1.5
Mana Vault82%1.0
Ancient Tomb82%0.9

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Arcum Dagsson
Sendoa Cardiel in CEDH Norte Bilbao + Zaragoza + Pamplona		 5-1
83%
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Yeeshwar in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K		 3-2
60%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Jarvis Jones in Bards and Cards Anniversary C-EDH Tourny		 3-3
50%
Council of Reeds
Spiderfreak579 in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH		 3-3
50%
Arcum Dagsson
Lane Henrichsen in Bob Koepke Memorial Tournament: A CEDH Tournament Benefitting 988 Lifeline		 2-3
40%
Arcum Dagsson
Eric Duran in Andorra frikiing days CEDH		 2-3
40%
Bruce Banner
Julian Millan in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND		 2-4
33%
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
Baki in Bob Koepke Memorial Tournament: A CEDH Tournament Benefitting 988 Lifeline		 1-4
20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Arcum Dagsson
Landon elmore, 		1 main #60
of 105
0-3
Arcum Dagsson
Eric Duran, 		1 main #26
of 52
1-3
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Juan Manuel Villamizar, 		1 main #35
of 52
0-3
Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
GLEM, 		1 main #13
of 18
0-3
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Jakob Bjørn, 		1 main #34
of 38
0-4
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
Joevani Mark Mazza, 		1 main #18
of 21
0-3
Kilo, Apogee Mind
Max, 		1 main #5
of 28
1-1
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Nathan Porter, 		1 main #24
of 28
0-3