Rite of Ruin
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Avacyn RestoredAVR · #153
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.17 € · ★ 0.62 € · 0.20 $ · ★ 0.47 $
- Mana value
- 7
- Colour
- Red
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Clint Cearley
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-05-04
Flavour text
Skirsdag cultists refused to quietly accept Avacyn's ascendancy.
Rulings
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.
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.
Permanents sacrificed for one card type won’t be on the battlefield to be chosen for subsequent card types.