Ruthless Invasion

Sorcery

({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)
Nonartifact creatures can't block this turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R/P}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
New Phyrexia
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#20333
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Ruthless Invasion card art
Ruthless Invasion makes all your creatures with devoid unblockable for a turn — the entire combat step, not just one attacker. Five mana at sorcery speed is the real cost, and if your deck isn't built around Eldrazi or a critical mass of colorless creatures, that's a steep ask for a one-shot effect.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Ruthless Invasion is a finisher in dedicated Eldrazi or devoid-tribal lists — you're not running it for incremental value, you're running it to end the game on a wide, unblockable attack. Outside of that context, five mana sorcery-speed for a one-turn buff rarely makes the cut in a format where every slot competes against reusable effects. In Pauper, the devoid synergy pool is shallow enough that Ruthless Invasion has almost no viable home. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power to end games through other means entirely, so Ruthless Invasion never sees play there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — niche payoff in the right shell, invisible everywhere else.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Ruthless Invasion is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that fills a very specific role. The price reflects demand: outside Eldrazi tribal Commander builds, almost nobody wants it, so don't expect it to move.

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