---
name: "Ruinous Path"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Awaken"]
set: "BFZ"
set_name: "Battle for Zendikar"
collector_number: "123"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jaime Jones"
oracle_id: "7b4aa101-3c8a-44b3-9d87-91a4fe4fbae4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ruinous-path-bfz"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ruinous Path
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Awaken

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Awaken 4—{5}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for {5}{B}{B}, also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sheer Drop](/printing/sheer-drop-bfz.md) — Sorcery
2. [Planar Outburst](/printing/planar-outburst-ncc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rising Miasma](/printing/rising-miasma-bfz.md) — Sorcery
4. [Roil Spout](/printing/roil-spout-bfz.md) — Sorcery
5. [Rush of Ice](/printing/rush-of-ice-bfz.md) — Sorcery
6. [Boiling Earth](/printing/boiling-earth-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle for Zendikar (BFZ) #123
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jaime Jones
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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