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
- $0.39
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 October 2000 as part of the Invasion expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was the first in the Invasion block, which centered on a narrative of an interplanar war against the invading Phyrexian forces. The card design serves as a thematic reflection of the set’s apocalyptic lore, functioning as a high-mana cost sorcery intended to reset the board state by destroying all lands except for one of each basic land type, mirroring the devastating impact of the war on the game's world.
The artwork was provided by Greg Staples, an established illustrator known for his atmospheric and gritty depictions within the fantasy genre. Staples utilized a dark, painterly style to capture the scale of the destruction described by the card's mechanics. Upon its release, the card was received as a niche control tool, particularly noted for its potential to punish decks that relied heavily on multi-colored land bases, which were a focal point of the Invasion block’s design philosophy.
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