Run Aground
Ixalan 72 • common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Collector number
- 72
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Sara Winters
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Put target artifact or creature on top of its owner's library.
"That's the first time I've seen the ground do the running."— Captain Brinely Rage
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Run Aground was released in 2017 as part of the Ixalan expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set introduced a Mesoamerican-inspired plane characterized by exploration, piracy, and dinosaur-riding factions. As a common-rarity blue sorcery, the card was designed to support the set's limited environment by providing a bounce effect, reflecting the thematic chaos of sailors and explorers encountering the treacherous, uncharted coastlines of the Ixalan continent.
The card features artwork by illustration veteran Aaron Miller, who focused on capturing the immediate environmental hazard of a vessel striking land. Miller’s work for the game is known for a grounded, painterly aesthetic that emphasizes atmospheric conditions and kinetic energy. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional utility piece for blue-based tempo decks in limited play, where its ability to manipulate the battlefield state mirrored the precarious nature of the set's seafaring narrative.
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