Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose an opponent at random. Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may play that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. When you cast a spell this way, its owner loses life equal to its mana value.
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Mana cost
{2}{B}{R}
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Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose an opponent at random. Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may play that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. When you cast a spell this way, its owner loses life equal to its mana value.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About The Ruinous Powers
The Ruinous Powers (139) is a Black and Red Enchantment from Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 (40K). It costs {2}{B}{R} and has mana value 4. It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Oathbreaker.
Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 is a main expansion, released October 2022.
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose an opponent at random. Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may play that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. When you cast a spell this way, its owner loses life equal to its mana value.
Card details
- Card number
- 139
- Set
- Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 (40K)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 7 October 2022
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Enchantment
- Colour
- Black / Red
- Colour identity
- Black / Red
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{R}
- Finish
- Non-foil
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