Conduit of Ruin

As of Aug 9, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Conduit of Ruin is $5.95 (BFZ #4), and the most expensive is $25.83 (PBFZ #4s, Prerelease, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $5.95, up 1.7% over 7 days, up 3.3% over 30 days, up 7.8% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $17.50 (2024).

Conduit of Ruin has 2 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease treatments.

BFZ #4

$5.95

CK $5.99 / $2.00 66%

MP $3.49 208 avail

BFZ #4 Foil

$13.32 +124%

CK $16.99 / $6.80 49%

MP $9.35 15 avail

PBFZ #4s Prerelease Foil

$25.83 +334%

CK $23.99 / $13.50 48%

MP $28.13 2 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $13.50 cash for PBFZ #4s (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 44% (wide).

• Aug 25, 2015 Conduit of Ruin's last ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic component of that mana cost.
• Aug 25, 2015 Conduit of Ruin's last ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you actually pay.
• Aug 25, 2015 Conduit of Ruin's last ability will look at the entire turn, even if Conduit of Ruin wasn't on the battlefield for some of it. Notably, if you cast Conduit of Ruin in a turn, then no other creature spell you cast that turn can be your first.
• Aug 25, 2015 If the first creature spell you cast in a turn has converge, you can't ignore the cost reduction of Conduit of Ruin's last ability in order to spend more colors of mana.
• Aug 25, 2015 If the first creature spell you cast in a turn has {X} in its mana cost, you choose the value of X before calculating the spell's total cost. For example, if the first creature spell you cast in a turn has a mana cost of {X}{G}, you could choose 2 as the value of X and pay {G} to cast the spell.

Conduit of Ruin has been reprinted 3 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
PBFZ #4s	2015-10-02	Rare	Prerelease
BFZ #4	2015-10-02	Rare	Standard
BFZ #4	2015-10-02	Rare	Standard

Conduit of Ruin is the #2,342 most-played card on EDHREC, down 42 places over the last 30 days.