The Ruinous Powers
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Set40K
Collector #139
Released2022-10-07
Rarityrare
ArtistLie Setiawan
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

The Ruinous Powers

RareColour IDMV 4
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose an opponent at random. Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may play that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. When you cast a spell this way, its owner loses life equal to its mana value.
Card capabilities
EnchantmentExile effect
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-10-07Newest 2022-10-07Cheapest priced $3.24 in 40K
Rulings (2)
wotc7 Oct 2022
Use the mana value of the spell as it exists on the stack (or last existed on the stack, if it's been removed) to determine how much life is lost. If there is an {X} in that spell's cost, include the value chosen for X to determine its mana value.
wotc7 Oct 2022
You must follow all normal timing rules when casting a spell or playing a land using the permission granted by Ruinous Powers.