MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #109

Ritual of the Machine

DIGITAL ONLY

me2·#109·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Anson Maddocks

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '08

18 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,720 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.08

Nonfoil$0.08

Gameplay

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Gain control of target nonartifact, nonblack creature.

"Rumors persist of dark deeds performed in the depths of Soldev. When will Dagsson heed the danger therein?" —Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 2

2013-04-15wotc

Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.

2013-04-15wotc

You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME2 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #109 of *Masters Edition II*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2008 Masters Edition II release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,720 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Anson Maddocks. Rarix catalogs 716 other cards credited to this artist.