---
name: "Inscription of Ruin"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "PZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising Promos"
collector_number: "108s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "760e8561-4ec6-4594-ba5d-f79cb9f25fd0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/inscription-of-ruin-pznr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Inscription of Ruin
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {2}{B}{B}
Choose one. If this spell was kicked, choose any number instead.
• Target opponent discards two cards.
• Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Destroy target creature with mana value 3 or less.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thunderscape Battlemage](/printing/thunderscape-battlemage-wc01.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Tyrant's Scorn](/printing/tyrants-scorn-war.md) — Instant
3. [Bloodchief's Thirst](/printing/bloodchiefs-thirst-znr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ana Battlemage](/printing/ana-battlemage-plc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Bog Down](/printing/bog-down-plst.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dismantling Blow](/printing/dismantling-blow-inv.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #108s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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