The Ruinous Powers
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{R}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander #139★ (rare)
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.
The Ruinous Powers has 2 printings, first in Warhammer 40,000 Commander (2022). EDHREC ranks it #8,327 among Commander cards. It appears most in Abaddon the Despoiler decks (2,963 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run The Ruinous Powers
- The Ruinous Powers - Warhammer 40,000 Commander, led by Abaddon the Despoiler
Commanders that run The Ruinous Powers most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Abaddon the Despoiler: 2,963 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 1,679 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master: 1,625 decks
- Prosper, Tome-Bound: 1,440 decks
- Laughing Jasper Flint: 1,338 decks
- Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter: 524 decks
- Kefka, Dancing Mad: 479 decks
- Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor: 469 decks
Often played with The Ruinous Powers
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Use the mana value of the spell as it exists on the stack (or last existed on the stack, if it's been removed) to determine how much life is lost. If there is an {X} in that spell's cost, include the value chosen for X to determine its mana value.
- : You must follow all normal timing rules when casting a spell or playing a land using the permission granted by Ruinous Powers.