Road // Ruin
Instant // Sorcery
Road // Ruin
Instant // Sorcery
Card Text
Road
Instant
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Ruin
Sorcery
Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Ruin deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 6
- Colors
- Green, Red
- Color Identity
- Green, Red
- EDHREC Rank
- #10,925
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (12)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | en | Johann Bodin | $0.08 | $0.17 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #212 | uncommon | en | Johann Bodin | $0.14 | $0.19 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #212 | uncommon | de | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | es | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | fr | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | it | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #212 | uncommon | it | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | ja | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #212 | uncommon | ko | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | pt | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | ru | Johann Bodin | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) | #376 | uncommon | zht | Johann Bodin | β | β |
Official Rulings (9)
If another effect allows you to cast a split card with aftermath from any zone other than a graveyard, you can't cast the half with aftermath.
Once you've started to cast a spell with aftermath from your graveyard, the card is immediately moved to the stack. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with another effect.
All split cards have two card faces on a single card, and you put a split card onto the stack with only the half you're casting. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack. For example, if an effect prevents you from casting red spells, you can cast Road, but not Ruin.
Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard one, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard, Road /// Ruin counts once, not twice.
If you cast the first half of a split card with aftermath during your turn, you'll have priority immediately after it resolves. You can cast the half with aftermath from your graveyard before any player can take any other action if it's legal for you to do so.
While not on the stack, the characteristics of a split card are the combination of its two halves. For example, Road /// Ruin is a green and red card, it is both an instant card and a sorcery card, and its mana value is 6.
Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one, but not both.
A spell with aftermath cast from a graveyard will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, it's countered, or it leaves the stack in some other way.
If another effect allows you to cast a split card with aftermath from a graveyard, you may cast either half. If you cast the half that has aftermath, you'll exile the card if it would leave the stack.
Card Faces
Road
Instant
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Ruin
Sorcery
Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Ruin deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.
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