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Foreboding RuinsHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· Star Trek Commander· November 13, 2026
Carte Magic Foreboding Ruins

Foreboding Ruins is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

How it works : Foreboding Ruins

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    If an effect instructs you to put Foreboding Ruins onto the battlefield tapped, it will still enter the battlefield tapped even if you reveal a land card from your hand.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    Lands don't have a subtype just because they can produce mana of the corresponding color. Foreboding Ruins itself is neither a Swamp nor a Mountain, even though it produces black and red mana, so you can't reveal one to satisfy the ability of another.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    If a Swamp or Mountain is entering the battlefield from your hand at the same time as Foreboding Ruins, you may reveal the other land to have Foreboding Ruins enter untapped.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    You may reveal any land card with either or both of the appropriate subtypes. It doesn't have to be a basic land. For example, you could reveal Sunken Hollow from the Battle for Zendikar set to satisfy the ability of Foreboding Ruins.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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