Settle the Wreckage — ruling 1

That player can find fewer basic land cards than the number of exiled creatures, whether because they want to or because they don't have that many basic land cards left.

Settle the Wreckage — ruling 2

The number of lands that player may find is the number of attacking creatures that were exiled, even if some of those creatures were tokens, weren't creature cards, or didn't end up in exile (most likely because one was that player's commander in the Commander variant).

Settle the Wreckage — ruling 3

Settle the Wreckage targets only the player. Attacking creatures with hexproof that player controls will be exiled as this spell resolves.

Settle the Wreckage — ruling 4

Settle the Wreckage targets only the player. Creatures with hexproof that player controls will be exiled as this spell resolves.

Settle the Wreckage — ruling 5

The number of lands that player may find is the number of attacking creatures that were exiled, even if some of those creatures were tokens, weren't creature cards, or didn't end up in exile (most likely because one was that player's commander in the Commander variant).

Settle the Wreckage — ruling 6

That player can find fewer basic land cards than the number of exiled creatures, whether because they want to or because they don't have that many basic land cards left.

Settle the Wreckage : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Settle the Wreckage 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.

Official card text

Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search their library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

How it works : Settle the Wreckage

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1June 29, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
That player can find fewer basic land cards than the number of exiled creatures, whether because they want to or because they don't have that many basic land cards left.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2June 29, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
The number of lands that player may find is the number of attacking creatures that were exiled, even if some of those creatures were tokens, weren't creature cards, or didn't end up in exile (most likely because one was that player's commander in the Commander variant).
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3June 29, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
Settle the Wreckage targets only the player. Attacking creatures with hexproof that player controls will be exiled as this spell resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4September 29, 2017· Wizards of the Coast
Settle the Wreckage targets only the player. Creatures with hexproof that player controls will be exiled as this spell resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5September 29, 2017· Wizards of the Coast
The number of lands that player may find is the number of attacking creatures that were exiled, even if some of those creatures were tokens, weren't creature cards, or didn't end up in exile (most likely because one was that player's commander in the Commander variant).
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6September 29, 2017· Wizards of the Coast
That player can find fewer basic land cards than the number of exiled creatures, whether because they want to or because they don't have that many basic land cards left.
No other card is named in this ruling.