Ruinous Ultimatum
Secret Lair Drop 2689 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 2689
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana red mana white mana white mana white mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Red · White
- Artist
- Vanessa Stockard
- Market price
- $14.95
What it does
Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.
This is just the beginning.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ruinous Ultimatum was released as part of the Secret Lair x MSCHF drop in 2022, a collaboration between Wizards of the Coast and the art collective MSCHF. The initiative was designed to bring unconventional, provocative artistic voices into the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem, with the card featuring the dramatic, dark, and painterly style of Australian artist Vanessa Stockard. Stockard, known for her unique juxtaposition of whimsical figures and somber, heavy backgrounds, utilized her signature approach to recontextualize the destructive nature of the card's effect.
The reception of this specific piece was polarized, reflecting the broader discourse surrounding the Secret Lair program's frequent forays into outside artistic aesthetics. While some collectors praised the inclusion of Stockard's fine-art sensibility, others critiqued the departure from traditional fantasy illustration tropes. As a high-cost, high-impact sorcery, the card remains a notable inclusion in the Commander format, favored by players who prioritize stylized, limited-run variants for their personal decks.
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