Tectonic Rift

set	min	mtgo
-	0.12	0.03 tix

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Name	Tectonic Rift
Type	Sorcery
Description	Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
Flavor	"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!" —Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord
Artist	John Avon
Set	Mystery Booster #1080
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Tectonic Rift

Tectonic Rift, Sorcery, designed by John Avon first released in Jul, 2011 in the set Magic 2012 and was printed exactly in 4 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 0.12.

A deck focused on aggressive strategies, such as a red aggro or land destruction deck, would benefit from including Tectonic Rift as it can disrupt your opponent's mana base and prevent non-flying creatures from blocking, allowing for more direct attacks. However, there are potentially better cards like Stone Rain or Molten Rain for land destruction, and cards like Earthquake or Pyroclasm for board control, depending on the deck's overall strategy. Tectonic Rift could see play in specific metagames or sideboard situations where its abilities are particularly useful, but it may not be a staple card in most competitive decks.

Rules

07/12/19

If the target land is an illegal target by the time Tectonic Rift tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. Creatures without flying will be able to block as normal. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), creatures without flying will be unable to block.

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