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Ray of Ruin LCI 0117 · common

Ray of Ruin · {4}{B} · Sorcery · Exile target creature, Vehicle, or nonbasic land. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) · "We know Chimil's light as a warming, healing presence, but make no mistake: to those who would desecrate her lands, it is a terrible force of scouring fury." —Akal Pakal, First Steward of Oteclan

Ray of Ruin · {4}{B} · Sorcery · Exile target creature, Vehicle, or nonbasic land. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) · "We know Chimil's light as a warming, healing presence, but make no mistake: to those who would desecrate her lands, it is a terrible force of scouring fury." —Akal Pakal, First Steward of Oteclan

Price
from $0.101 printing
Win rate
54.5% GIH 35,150 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 19,167 wins in 35,150 card-in-hand instances.

33,117 distinct games · 12,089 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

54.5%when drawn (GIH)

−0.8 pp vs 55.3% average · 35,150 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games

#142 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.3 on average (257,856 packs).

23 of 42 black cards · 9 of 19 black common cards.

Taken at pick9.229,519 picks
Makes the deck46.3%29,519 picks with known usage
When played52.6%70,670.9 matchesBenched 54.7%
76,493.1 matches
When drawn54.5%35,150 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 51.7% · 13,069 instances
● Drawn later 56.2% · 22,081 instances

In hand 54.5% · 35,150 instances
Unseen in deck 50.7% · 47,643 instances
+3.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn54.5%35,150 instances23 of 42
Opening hand51.7%13,069 instances26 of 42
Drawn later56.2%22,081 instances18 of 42
In the deck52.4%83,294 instances25 of 42
Without seeing it50.7%47,643 instances25 of 42
Improvement when drawn+3.9 pp35,150 instances / 47,643 instances17 of 42
When benched54.7%76,493.1 matches26 of 42
Makes the deck46.3%29,519 picks with known usage29 of 42
Pick (last seen)6.3257,856 packs27 of 42
Taken at9.229,519 picks28 of 42

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Fungal Festering BG56.9%6,453 instancesEchoes of the Dead UB55.2%8,428 instancesDusk Legion Pilgrimage WB54.1%5,470 instancesGoing Down! BR52.2%3,830 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.5% · 35,150 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Dead Weight38,553 games with both in the deckDeathcap Marionette34,852 games with both in the deckTithing Blade34,230 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 44% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LCI 0117 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.10
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.10

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.70%) · 36.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 565 packs (0.18%) · 6.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (9.36%) · 97.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 188 packs (0.53%) · 14.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.31%) · 73.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Draft BoosterCommon or traditional foil67%Common
Draft BoosterCommon or traditional foil33%Traditional foil of any rarity
Set BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Set BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Set BoosterWildcards100% per positionWildcards
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons

Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Sam Rowan, LCI 117 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗