---
name: "Ray of Ruin"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "117"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Sam Rowan"
oracle_id: "e36b78ed-4e3e-406d-85b3-fe0deb493418"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ray-of-ruin-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ray of Ruin
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
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.)

> *"Para nosotros, la luz de Chimil es una presencia cálida y sanadora, pero no te equivoques: para quienes osan profanar sus tierras, es una temible fuerza de ira abrasadora".
—Akal Pakal, primera regidora de Oteclan*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rubble Reading](/printing/rubble-reading-rna.md) — Sorcery
2. [Devout Decree](/printing/devout-decree-m20.md) — Sorcery
3. [Get the Point](/printing/get-the-point-rna.md) — Instant
4. [Caustic Rain](/printing/caustic-rain-gpt.md) — Sorcery
5. [Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos](/printing/hidetsugu-devouring-chaos-neo.md) — Legendary Creature — Ogre Demon
6. [Expose to Daylight](/printing/expose-to-daylight-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #117
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Sam Rowan
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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