Foreboding Ruins
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
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Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2016-04-08
If a Swamp or Mountain is entering the battlefield from your hand at the same time as Foreboding Ruins, you may reveal the other land to have Foreboding Ruins enter untapped.
- 2016-04-08
You may reveal any land card with either or both of the appropriate subtypes. It doesn't have to be a basic land. For example, you could reveal Sunken Hollow from the Battle for Zendikar set to satisfy the ability of Foreboding Ruins.
- 2016-04-08
Lands don't have a subtype just because they can produce mana of the corresponding color. Foreboding Ruins itself is neither a Swamp nor a Mountain, even though it produces black and red mana, so you can't reveal one to satisfy the ability of another.
- 2016-04-08
If an effect instructs you to put Foreboding Ruins onto the battlefield tapped, it will still enter the battlefield tapped even if you reveal a land card from your hand.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Foreboding Ruins, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Doom, King of Latveria | 12 | 5 | 20% |
| Terra, Herald of Hope | 4 | 0 | — |
| Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls | 2 | 0 | — |
| Tsagan, Raider Warlord | 1 | 1 | — |
| Zurgo Helmsmasher | 1 | 1 | — |
| Davros, Dalek Creator | 1 | 0 | — |
| Deadpool, Trading Card | 1 | 0 | — |
| Henzie "Toolbox" Torre | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Grixis 14 decks
- Rakdos 9 decks
- Mardu 7 decks
- Jund 1 deck
Foreboding Ruins price history
The Marvel Super Heroes Commander #244 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.30 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Foreboding Ruins
19 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.36
- Foil
- —
Extended Art
- Normal
- $1.13
- Normal
- $0.37
- Foil
- —
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
- Normal
- $0.39
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Normal
- $0.28
Extended Art
- Foil
- $2.71
- Normal
- $0.35
- Foil
- $2.00
Extended Art
- Normal
- $1.61
- Foil
- $1.07
- Foil
- $1.25
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $0.36
- Normal
- $0.30
- Normal
- $0.41
- Foil
- $2.10
- Normal
- $0.33
- Normal
- $0.34
- Normal
- $0.37
- Normal
- $0.35
- Normal
- $0.40
- Foil
- $1.02
Promo
Shadows over Innistrad Promos
- Foil
- $5.15
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Foreboding Ruins. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
