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Ruin in Their Wake
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Ruin in their wake
- Oath of Gatewatch

Reviewed March 3, 2016

Constructed: 2.00
Casual: 2.33
Limited: 3.33
Multiplayer: 2.33
Commander [EDH]: 2.50

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David Fanany

Player since 1995

Ruin in Their Wake
 
Apparently the Eldrazi even have a version of Rampant Growth - despite being "unnatural", that's not cut off from them. You basically need to be a base-green-and-Wastes deck to get the maximum advantage out of it, which is very restrictive compared to the original Rampant Growth and most of its variants. But it is solid enough for a deck that absolutely needs it, and you can also turn it around and use it as Sylvan Scrying to get your Wastes and activate your splashed Eldrazi abilities. It's not the most spectacular card in any format, but it does add a couple of additional considerations to the deckbuilding process.
 
Constructed: 2/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5
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R̠͖u̺̩̟̤͓ͅi͙̘n͉͈͇̳̤̩ ͖̬I͈̮̳̬̙͖ͅn̪̝͔͍̜̺ ̺̲̭̗͚T͈̤̻h͔̖͙̠̩̬̞e̻i̟̞̰͉r̞̙͕͇̺̳ ̣͔̼͎̗̝ͅW̱͚̳̗̮̼a͈̩̞̱̟̘̟k̭̝̫̠e̬̺͖̥͓̦

͙̙̳T̙̘͖h̘͍͚̟̥̥͚e͇͈̦̠̞͇͕ ̤̲̥̮̠̳̤F̦̣̰̯̘͍o̳̯̣̜̲̠u̗̜͇̼̱ͅṟ̰̼̭̱̭̪t̫͖̼͔̣̗͇h̥͎̺̙̬̮ ͍͍a̘͙̜̰̮n̦ḏ̝͈͈ͅ ̠̬̯̩̪̞F͍͇i̝̙͔̳̬̪n̜͎̪a̘̗̞l̩̼ ̮̞U͕̣t͓̺̱͈̙t̲̫̳͈er̥̞̯̭͎a͎̹̗̹̻n͖̫͈̩̪c͉̥̦͉e͖̗̺̝̩ ̩ha͎̪̭̭̣̝̬s̪͓̟͔̘̮̻ ̼͖͙͚̱̤͖c̖͍͉̯͉̻o͙̼̫̹n̟̰̹̩s̝u̗̹̪͔͍̘me̹̪̹͎d͎̫̫̪̥̬ͅ u͙͈̦̫͖͉ͅs,͚̹̖̥̳͖ ̹͕̭̹̬̙a̭͙̭̻n̯̦̜d̰͈͉̩̘͖ ̳͙̗T̝̺͓̲̰̬ẖ̜̻͕ḛ̤̹͕̱̙̲r̫͍e̮̞ ̦͍s̰͚̱h͓̣͔̘ͅa̱͉̪͉̰l̬̰̗̫̣͚ḽ͚̻̗͎̳ͅ ̪͖̜̗̙͚̱b̬̟̤̹̱̬̼e̝̝̱̱͈

Ṉ̩o̰ ̳̘͇̭͉E͈s̥͚c̮̫̜̝̥̞̘a̪ͅp̥̺e̺͓̹̖.͕͎̩̘͚̺̖ O͕̗͇̮̘̼u̜̹̯̼͔̘̜r͕͇̻ ̳͉wo̝̹͇͕̣rld͙̦̠̤ ̱̗l̗͉͈̗͖̯ͅḭ̹͚̼̦e̝̦s̖ ͈̲͓in̬̞̲̖̗̜̞ ̜̘ͅs̯͕̱̜͉͉̺h̘̭͕͖̰ͅa͉m̟̘b̝͖̜̻̹le͙͉̖͎s͔͕̬͎̱̤͕,̫̻̫͍ ͙̱͍̫̱ͅf̠o͔͍r̹͉ i͇̯t̞̼̱̺͈̖ ̙̺Ṉ̟͕͖e̦̺̳̤͎v͍̬̥͙͈e͕̘̣̗͙r̙̮̙̺ ̱̦̩̞̲ͅW̳͈͈͙̣ͅa̝͓̜͉͖s͉̯͖ ̟̦͖̝ͅo͉̤ͅur͓͕̪̺͙s̭̫̻͓͙̠;̜ ̥͈̭i͉̦͓͉͍t̠ ̭w̮̭̰̤̗͕as̫ ͓̞͖a̪͕̹̭͉̺l͙̠̺̩̞w̲̙̝ạ͉y͍̜̘̖s̲̳͔̟ͅ

si͎̝̜͙̱̭m̹̞̜̠̬͖̝p̺̜l̟͇̞y ̹T̫͔̣͚h̺͉͕̖̙̳̬e̜̥̲͕i͖͉̬̳̫͎r o̳̲̯͔̜̯f̞͙̻͇̼͓fa̖̹l̺͚̼̠̻͉͖; ̤T̞͎̦̭͇h͎̲e͚̗̯͕i̺̟͖͕͉̰r͔̠̤ ̞p͙͍̲ͅa͖͕̦̺͔̭̮ṛ̮̬͉t̬ḭ̱̲̺͍̯͈c͙̲̦̹l̗͕͖̖̳ͅe͓ͅs͓͕̞͖,̫̤̹̲ ̜̬̥̘͓͍ͅa̗͕nd͔͇̭̫͙̝ ̮̳̰W͈̼̳̪̮̖̩e̞̹̬ ͕̬͇Ṱ̼̥̙̣̘ẖ̠ei̙͍̪̠r͚͕̞͇̰̺ ̜̞p̹̟͖a̹r̲̰̹̣̣̩̝a̱̠͓̰s̬̯͚i̫̙̙t̯̖͓̜̫͈̩e̥͎s̭̗̩ ͉̘͎̘̰̥l͕̳̤͍͉̟̟e̗f̩̝͕̜͉̲̮t͙̗ ṭo͕ s̖̠̬̬̗̯̯qu̞̳a̹n̹̘̮̹̪̱̜d̠͖̘̜̣̦͈e̝͓͙r̞͓̠͕͇͕ ̲̼̦͕T̫͉͕͕͕ͅh͎̩̟̺a̳̖̱̖̙̞̺t̼̼̪̥-̦

W̩͔̥͔̲̣̲h̠̗̳̥͖̤i͖̞̦̞c͓͕͙̟h̪̰̣-̦̰͈I͉s̱̼͇-̱̩N͈̞̯͎̖̟o͕͎t̜̱͇-̣̝̥̫̠̠̟O̼̤̬̯̦̳u̬͓rs͎͔̼͈͍̜͕.̠̯̳ T̤̰̘̹̙̰h̩͉͍ͅey͚̼ ̯̟̭̰͕̻ͅa͚̠̖̫̖̣͔r͓̼̲͖e̮̹
I͍̭̼̬̤͇͓n͉̮̬s͚͙i͕͖̻d̦̠̖̜̟̤e̳̬ ͎̯̦̰̞͎̻me ͓̠̹̥͍̩N̖ͅo͍͓̖̬w̬̤̘̦̝͇.͍̞̳

̯̝̝̞̼ͅͅTh̬̣̺̳e̠y ̮̣ẖ̻a͇̣͓̭̥̳̰v̫̻ͅe ͎̩A̗̝̱l͕̳̪̫̺w̘̩̘̫͎a̰̻͍͕̼̺̥ỵ͙̖s̻̲ ̬̹̗͈̤ͅb̯̻̜̘̬͉͍e͕̘̫e̺̺n̼̪̩̜̟̹ ̫ͅḬ̦̗̯̹͚n͎͔ͅs͍̳̖i̟̙͍̗d̙͉͙̪̰̦̹e̥̲̜̜̝̫ ͎M̩e̻͙̳̩̮̣͈, ̬̩f͔̝o̲̹̖̤̗r̘͈ ͚̲̰A̳̟͉̯͙̺͍l̻̟̹̘̝̖l̗̹̣͔̘͎̘ ̜o̺̠̫̳̝f̱͉͈̱ ̞̜͉̙T̮̜̪̬̦̙͔i͓̦̳̪̗̩m̤̹̟̖̥͔e ̙̠̥͖͖̩a͔̠͚̘̺ͅͅn͎̟d͇̲̜̻ ̮͕̘̯a͎̤͍l̙̬͈͇s̖͖̱̺o̻̖̩̠̰̯̣ ̺͇̲͍̣̜̜
 

N̥͇̣̞̙̪͎e͇̰̲̘̖̲veṛ,̝͙̪ͅ ̗̤͖͎̜̲͓f͚͇̺͉͎̖͍o̤̼r̩̯͕ ̪͚T̯͕̮h͖̗̱̦̘̮̠e͍y̖̻͇̺͔ ͕ͅdo̲̦̯̫̞̜ ̪̜no̰̱t͈ ̰̩̯͚̬̮̙in̝d̩̠͙͙u̹̰̯̺̫l̖̣̩̣̠͔g͎ͅe̜͔̜̭̭̗ ͈̬͔͖̺̹̮in̬ ̠̖̜Ou̪͈r͖ ̬̜͖̘̟̥͎f̝͔͔̭e͔̼̖̜̤̙eb̞̟̻͇͓͇l̥̥̬e͍ ̟͕͈͎̳̜̭u̦̫̼̟n͚̩͙͙̖̗̰d͕ḛr̞̘̮̩̭̹͉s̰͇̺t̮̼̺͉͖̝̣an̩di̠̙̣̳ng͙͔̪̤̻ ̳̣̱ͅo͈̰͎̯̮f̻̹̹

 

T͇̻͓͉im͇̜͎͎̝͓̟e̥̦̟. ̝̠A͔͓͕̳̫l̮̝͚̮͖͕̖l͎̥̠̣ͅ ͍̪̟w͚̘̘̰̗̝̩e͚͕̩͖̮͉ ̳̥̖̹͇̠t̩̰̤̣h̠̬̝͈̞͔̘o̫͓͖̩ͅu̹̩̹͚̭̪͖g̖̤h̲̣̤t̩͙̫ ̲͔w̰̤͕͉͔̪e̼͈̻̣̗̥̮ ̝̫̹̙̠̻kn̼e̼̱w̝͕̼̯͇͓ ̪̰̪i̬̲̭̤͎s̘͉͖ a̳̠̲̫̫̠ ̲͈d̻̝̥r͉͙͕͖̮e̤̪͖͓a̰̹̤m̜͖̙̹͔̯ ̱̮̜͇̭͙͈f͙͕͔̳͍ṟ̤͓̮͍̬̖o͔̮̭̲̣̰m̻̮̪ ͚̬͙̼w͎͔̲h͚͓̣̝̻i̯̙̯̘͓̜ͅc̹̖̠ͅh̜̳͖̮̖̰͈ ̤Th̙̬͇e̖̘̹y͚͖̯ ̤̫̤̹̞͖h̤͚̳̠̠a͎̼̮̟v̰̩ḛ̤͚ ̻̲̦̲̙A͇͖̪̙̥͇͇w̫͎̻͇̻̙̳o͉k͈̼̞̼̰e͈n̯̘̻̥̥ M͔̮͉͔͍͉̫e̼̣.̪̹ ͇͓̠̗
̖̮̗̜͖ͅ
C͉̜̳̹̹͉o̮̥̗ͅͅn̬̝̣̱͖͔ș̖͕ͅt̙̤̼͚͎r̭̘̮uͅc̳͕̱͙t̺̘e̥̳̤̠̦̮̲d͖̮͍̙- ̪2̹

C̫̥͇͎̱̯͓a̯̦̤̬͉s̳͕̠̟͈͚̲u̹͚al̰͚̣-͇ ͙͔̗͍̞̙2̲͖̝͍͖̠ͅ
̣̣̭͙̘͚
L͔͇͓͍̻i̻͓ͅm̰̥͉͇i̙̼͙t̗̞ḙ͖̫d̮̳̜̭̱͍̦-̥̲ ̤͎͎̠4̙̠͉̣̥̭̣

̲͍͕̱̳̹
M͍͓̻̖̺u̞̯̭͈l͔t̥̱ͅi̫͕͖͇p̙̲͙̟̯̲̦l̪a̘͇̩̙̹̟͓y͖̺̝̜̻ͅe͉̙͎͚̱ͅr-̰̲̬͖͚ ̠̤2̪̩̻̩̣

̻̗̩̗̮̟
C̦͖͎͓̼o̳̥m̼̭ͅm͈̘̞͍a͍̱̣̟n̟͈̺͇͖̯d͈͖̭̥ḙ̺̟̝͓̰r͕̼ͅ-̗̠͇ ̯̼͇̮͈2.5


Armuun
Ruin in their wake
 
2 drop mana ramp for those who run wastes. Yay. searching a land is nice I suppose either way.
 
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 3
Multiplayer: 2
EDH: 2

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