Buried Ruin
Magic 2012 224 • uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 224
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Market price
- $0.51
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
2 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
History has buried its treasures deep.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Buried Ruin was originally introduced in the Magic 2012 core set, released in July 2011. It serves as a utility land designed to provide recursion for artifact-heavy decks, allowing players to recover key pieces from the graveyard. The card design leans into a flavor of archeological excavation, fitting the set's broader theme of reflecting on Magic's history through reprints and nostalgic mechanical call-backs.
The art for this printing was provided by Anthony Francisco. His illustration captures a desolate, atmospheric landscape where a relic emerges from the sand, emphasizing the card's function of exhuming lost technology. The design was received as a functional and balanced tool for limited formats and casual play, prized for its ability to provide late-game utility without occupying a spell slot.
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