---
name: "Ruin Grinder"
mana_cost: "{5}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Construct"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Mountaincycling", "Landcycling", "Menace", "Typecycling", "Cycling"]
set: "FIC"
set_name: "Final Fantasy Commander"
collector_number: "297"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lorenzo Mastroianni"
oracle_id: "8d0445ef-370b-4f4f-8975-a40cb02c031e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ruin-grinder-fic"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ruin Grinder
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Construct
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/4
- **Keywords:** Mountaincycling, Landcycling, Menace, Typecycling, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Menace
When this creature dies, each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.
Mountaincycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mindslicer](/printing/mindslicer-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Cragganwick Cremator](/printing/cragganwick-cremator-plst.md) — Creature — Giant Shaman
3. [Ruination Rioter](/printing/ruination-rioter-mh1.md) — Creature — Human Berserker
4. [Horror of the Broken Lands](/printing/horror-of-the-broken-lands-akh.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Grisly Survivor](/printing/grisly-survivor-hou.md) — Creature — Minotaur Warrior
6. [Magus of the Wheel](/printing/magus-of-the-wheel-cmm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #297
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lorenzo Mastroianni
- **Total Printings:** 24 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`