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Conduit of Ruin
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Conduit of Ruin

{6}

Creature — Eldrazi

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.

5 / 5

Set
Battle for Zendikar Promos (PBFZ #4s)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
6
Released
2015-10-02
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
EDHREC rank
#2,361
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.51
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

  • 2015-08-25

    The cost reduction can apply to alternative costs (such as dash costs).

  • 2015-08-25

    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.

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