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Empty City Ruse
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Portal Three KingdomsPTK · #3
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 11.91 € · 32.69 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Qu Xin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1999-05-01
Flavour text
Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither.
