Sorcery
Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!"
—Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord
Card details
- Shown printing
- Core Set 2020 (M20)
- Artist
- John Avon
- Color identity
- Red
- Colors
- Red
- Mana value
- 4
- First released
- July 15, 2011
- Printings
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #18900 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.04 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (2)
Because it doesn’t modify the characteristics of creatures, Tectonic Rift can affect creatures that enter the battlefield or lose flying after the spell resolves, and it will stop affecting creatures that gain flying.
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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