This is more unfair than Armageddon. How did this abomination of cruelty and efficiency get printed at all!?
NeoKoda
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Terrible in Mirror Mastery, why did they put it in there?
TheShadow344
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I play a Sliver EDH deck and the land base is almost entirely non-basic (Sliver Overlord on the fifth or sixth turn - yes please!). One of my buddies plays whatever preconstructed EDH deck this card is in. Unless I have Gemhide Sliver in play, this card says "You lose the game".
Juusto
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
***tarice playing 4 player edh against ghost council, damia and mimeoplasm deck. They had been countering and slaughtering all my creatures (and mana rocks) from the beginning. Played this after mimeoplasm had played pact of negation last turn. They had at most 2 basics in game while i had all basics... Got kicked, although i found it was an amazing play. It wasn't even ld deck i was playing, actually ruination was only Ld spell in whole deck (was playing boros colors myself).
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Nothing feels better than zapping $300 worth of cards in one play.
If you're playing constructed red burn or sligh you're probably better off with Price of Progress; no reason to destroy your opponents' nonbasics before killing them when you can just kill them outright (at instant speed and for fewer, too).
In EDH, though, everything's a singleton, so every card counts--and in an EDH deck that's interested in land destruction effects like Armageddon, you'll often see Ruination, Wildfire, and Destructive Force functioning as 'geddons 2 through 4.
RavenousRecoil
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Next to Sinkhole and Pillage this is definitely the best land removal in the game. IT SHOULD BE MODERN LEGAL LIKE YESTERDAY
Nagoragama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yeah, so, this is pretty good if you're trying to win in an EDH/Commander game, say in a tournament setting. But if you're playing casual multiplayer games, you might want to wear body armor.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@greg: At least, it's fair until the deck running it is the only one with all basic lands. :v
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Play this in Vintage! Then, post pictures of your bruised and broken face on Reddit!
Zom-B
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For when you feel like Ruinating the countryside.
openuris
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Forget duals, with the cloudpost, glimmerpost, lotus nonsense, this is a huge equalizer. As is back to basics if playing blue. I've seen 4th turn Blightsteel Colossus too many times now.
TehPeoplesChamp
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card! Land D for the win! Screw your duals and your cradles and your coffers and your towers and tombs and towers. And those blasted all powerful cycle lands and guild gates!!!!
I'm really surprised they printed such an Anti fun card in a commander box. I usually set this up with a vandal blast to make sure i have the advantage.
On the flip side I have decks with 0 basic lands. I'd hate to see this. But that's why I run counter spells. And faith's reward. Because there's no kill like overkill.
10/5!!! Print more playable land destruction! It's a necessary evil. And who needs friends?
Tribor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not the Eastern Island Karnheads! Nooooooo D:
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Oh come on! Don't blame me, it's your choice to use nonbasic lands! You don't have to! It's good to have a reason to not use them, so that way there are more viable ways to play the game!"
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"It certainly is."
I'll take seven.
In EDH, though, everything's a singleton, so every card counts--and in an EDH deck that's interested in land destruction effects like Armageddon, you'll often see Ruination, Wildfire, and Destructive Force functioning as 'geddons 2 through 4.
I'm really surprised they printed such an Anti fun card in a commander box. I usually set this up with a vandal blast to make sure i have the advantage.
On the flip side I have decks with 0 basic lands. I'd hate to see this. But that's why I run counter spells. And faith's reward. Because there's no kill like overkill.
10/5!!! Print more playable land destruction! It's a necessary evil. And who needs friends?