---
name: "Global Ruin"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "WC02"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 2002"
collector_number: "bk18sb"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "4a7b89b2-5fe9-4d39-9d42-3ca78bcf6d40"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/global-ruin-wc02"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Global Ruin
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player chooses from the lands they control a land of each basic land type, then sacrifices the rest.

> *"The earth shook, the sky rained fire, and it seemed the world was ending."
—Benalish refugee*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cataclysm](/printing/cataclysm-exo.md) — Sorcery
2. [Thoughts of Ruin](/printing/thoughts-of-ruin-sok.md) — Sorcery
3. [Planar Overlay](/printing/planar-overlay-pls.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rite of Ruin](/printing/rite-of-ruin-avr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ruination](/printing/ruination-cmd.md) — Sorcery
6. [Field of Ruin](/printing/field-of-ruin-moc.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #bk18sb
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`