Conduit of Ruin
- Mana cost
- {6}
- Type
- Creature — Eldrazi
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 5
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar Promos #4s (rare)
When you cast this spell, you may search your library for a colorless creature card with mana value 7 or greater, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
The first creature spell you cast each turn costs {2} less to cast.
Conduit of Ruin has 2 printings, first in Battle for Zendikar (2015). EDHREC ranks it #2,339 among Commander cards. It appears most in Ulalek, Fused Atrocity decks (15,718 on EDHREC). It has 9 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Conduit of Ruin most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Ulalek, Fused Atrocity: 15,718 decks
- Zhulodok, Void Gorger: 14,657 decks
- Ultima, Origin of Oblivion: 4,613 decks
- Kozilek, the Great Distortion: 3,649 decks
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots: 2,677 decks
- Animar, Soul of Elements: 2,540 decks
- Herigast, Erupting Nullkite: 2,188 decks
- Molecule Man: 1,923 decks
Often played with Conduit of Ruin
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Conduit of Ruin's last ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you actually pay.
- : The first creature spell you cast each turn doesn't necessarily have to be the first spell you cast. You could cast a sorcery spell and then cast a creature spell that would get the discount.
- : Conduit of Ruin's last ability will look at the entire turn, even if Conduit of Ruin wasn't on the battlefield for some of it. Notably, if you cast Conduit of Ruin in a turn, then no other creature spell you cast that turn can be your first.
- : The cost reduction can apply to alternative costs (such as dash costs).
- : If the first creature spell you cast in a turn has {X} in its mana cost, you choose the value of X before calculating the spell's total cost. For example, if the first creature spell you cast in a turn has a mana cost of {X}{G}, you could choose 2 as the value of X and pay {G} to cast the spell.
- : If you control more than one Conduit of Ruin, the last ability of each of them applies only to the first creature spell you cast each turn, not to different spells; the first creature spell you cast each turn will cost {4} less.
- : If there are additional costs to cast a spell, or if the cost to cast a spell is increased by an effect, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
- : Conduit of Ruin's last ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic component of that mana cost.
- : If the first creature spell you cast in a turn has converge, you can't ignore the cost reduction of Conduit of Ruin's last ability in order to spend more colors of mana.