First printed in Weatherlight (1997)
Land
If this land would enter, sacrifice two untapped lands instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
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- Illustrated by
- John Avon
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Ruling (1)
- If you don't sacrifice the lands, Scorched Ruins never enters — it goes directly to your graveyard.
Prices
MTGO price: 1.21 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
35 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Deserted Temple + Rings of Brighthearth + Scorched Ruins
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Emiel the Blessed + Scorched Ruins
- Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite blinking…: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Eldrazi Displacer + Scorched Ruins
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Candelabra of Tawnos + Scorched Ruins + Toph, the First Metalbender
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite untap of lands you control…: Magus of the Candelabra + Maze of Ith + Scorched Ruins
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Deserted Temple + Scorched Ruins + The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite landfall triggers…: Drownyard Temple + Scorched Ruins + Stone-Seeder Hierophant + Zuran Orb
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting…: Frantic Search + Kitsa, Otterball Elite + Minamo, School at Water's Edge + Scorched Ruins
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite landfall triggers: Drownyard Temple + Scorched Ruins + Squandered Resources + Stone-Seeder Hierophant
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Adagia, Windswept Bastion + Scorched Ruins + Treachery
