Global Ruin
Invasion 18 • rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Collector number
- 18
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $0.37
What it does
Each player chooses from the lands they control a land of each basic land type, then sacrifices the rest.
"The earth shook, the sky rained fire, and it seemed the world was ending."— Benalish refugee
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Global Ruin was released in the year 2000 as part of the Invasion expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to focus on multicolored cards, encouraging players to incorporate various factions and themes into their strategies. This specific card represents the theme of large-scale environmental and tactical disruption, serving as a high-cost sorcery intended to reset the board state during long, complex matches.
The artwork for Global Ruin was created by fantasy illustrator Rebecca Guay, known for her distinctive, painterly aesthetic that frequently breaks from the more rigid digital styles common in the game's later eras. Guay's work on the card captures a somber, atmospheric depiction of devastation, fitting the card's mechanical function of land destruction. The piece is well-regarded by collectors for its expressive quality and remains a recognizable example of Guay’s contributions to the game during the Invasion block.
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