Rack and Ruin
Urza's Legacy 89 • uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Collector number
- 89
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
Destroy two target artifacts.
"My people are bound by masters centuries dead. Each artifact we destroy is another link broken in that chain."— Barb Tail, viashino heretic
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
Rack and Ruin was released in 1999 as part of the Urza's Legacy expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed during a period when the game was heavily focused on the artifact-themed lore of the Artificer Urza, the card was designed as a specialized red sorcery intended to punish players relying on heavy artifact strategies by destroying two target artifacts at once.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Christopher Rush, one of the most iconic contributors to the game's early visual identity. Rush opted for a stark, evocative composition that captured the chaotic nature of mechanical destruction, fitting the frantic energy associated with red-aligned magic. While the card is often remembered for its situational utility, it remains a notable example of the high-fantasy industrial aesthetic that defined the Urza’s block era.
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