Rite of Ruin
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SetAVR
Collector #153
Released2012-05-04
Rarityrare
ArtistClint Cearley
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Rite of Ruin

RareColour IDMV 7
Sorcery
Choose an order for artifacts, creatures, and lands. Each player sacrifices one permanent of their choice of the first type, sacrifices two of their choice of the second type, then sacrifices three of their choice of the third type.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (3)
wotc1 May 2012
Permanents sacrificed for one card type won’t be on the battlefield to be chosen for subsequent card types.
wotc1 May 2012
First you choose the order for the card types. Then each player in turn order (starting with the active player) chooses one permanent they control of the first card type. Then those permanents are sacrificed at the same time. Then each player in turn order chooses two permanents they control of the second card type. Then those permanents are sacrificed at the same time. Finally, each player in turn order chooses three permanents of the third card type, then those permanents are sacrificed at the same time.
wotc1 May 2012
If any abilities trigger while Rite of Ruin is resolving, those abilities will wait until Rite of Ruin finishes resolving before going on the stack. Starting with the active player, each player puts their abilities on the stack in any order.