This 2006 Time Spiral foil version of Academy Ruins, a legendary land card featuring graveyard recursion mechanics for Magic: The Gathering collectors.
Academy Ruins
2006 • Magic: The Gathering • Time Spiral
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The 2006 Time Spiral expansion reimagined the Magic: The Gathering landscape with a nostalgic design language, and Academy Ruins stands out as a key artifact within that era. As a legendary land card, this foil variant offers both aesthetic appeal and strategic utility. The card allows players to generate colorless mana or return an artifact from the graveyard to the top of their library, making it a functional piece for many historical deck archetypes. For collectors, the foil treatment in Time Spiral provides a distinctive shimmer that is highly sought after by those completing full set collections. The card number 269 places it firmly within the core expansion, and its unique ability to manipulate the graveyard adds depth to its collecting profile. Whether you are building a Time Spiral collection or seeking specific foil lands from this pivotal year in Magic history, this card represents a significant piece of the franchise's legacy. It serves as a tangible link to the creative direction of the mid-2000s, where game mechanics and set themes were deeply intertwined.
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Academy Ruins
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Rare
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Card Stock
English
Foil
Legendary Land
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{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Its secrets once wrought the greatest artifice ever known. Now crabs loot the rubble to decorate their shells.