Tectonic Rift
Magic 2012 157 • uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 157
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- John Avon
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!"— Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord
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
Tectonic Rift was introduced in the Magic 2012 core set, released by Wizards of the Coast in 2011. The card functions as a red sorcery spell designed to destroy a land while preventing the affected player from playing lands for a turn, a design space intended to punish mana-intensive decks and control strategies in the Limited and Constructed environments of the era.
The artwork for this particular iteration was crafted by artist Christopher Moeller, who provided a dramatic depiction of the earth fracturing under magical stress to emphasize the card's disruptive impact. Within the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem, Tectonic Rift is part of a long lineage of red land-destruction effects, reflecting the color's thematic commitment to chaos and the forceful alteration of the game board.
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