Settle the Wreckage

Ixalan (XLN) #34 · Rare · Instant

Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}

Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search their library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Illustrated by Dimitar Marinski · Released September 29, 2017

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.08 USD (2.7%) to $3.07 USD; low $2.99 USD, high $3.07 USD.

Printings

  1. The Hobbit #26 (HOB) · Rare · 2026 · $0.48 USD
  2. The Hobbit #288 (HOB) · Rare · 2026 · $1.16 USD
  3. Secret Lair Drop #2372 (SLD) · Rare · 2026 · $5.61 USD
  4. The List #XLN-34 (PLST) · Rare · 2024 · $2.01 USD
  5. Ixalan Promos #34p (PXLN) · Rare · 2017 · $4.97 USD
  6. Ixalan Promos #34s (PXLN) · Rare · 2017 · $15.82 USD foil
  7. Ixalan #34 (this printing) · Rare · 2017 · $3.07 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2017-09-29 · wotc — Settle the Wreckage targets only the player. Creatures with hexproof that player controls will be exiled as this spell resolves.
  2. 2017-09-29 · wotc — That player can find fewer basic land cards than the number of exiled creatures, whether because they want to or because they don't have that many basic land cards left.
  3. 2017-09-29 · wotc — The number of lands that player may find is the number of attacking creatures that were exiled, even if some of those creatures were tokens, weren't creature cards, or didn't end up in exile (most likely because one was that player's commander in the Commander variant).
  4. 2026-06-29 · wotc — That player can find fewer basic land cards than the number of exiled creatures, whether because they want to or because they don't have that many basic land cards left.
  5. 2026-06-29 · wotc — Settle the Wreckage targets only the player. Attacking creatures with hexproof that player controls will be exiled as this spell resolves.
  6. 2026-06-29 · wotc — The number of lands that player may find is the number of attacking creatures that were exiled, even if some of those creatures were tokens, weren't creature cards, or didn't end up in exile (most likely because one was that player's commander in the Commander variant).

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  2. Ruhan of the Fomori · in 14% of 49 decks
  3. Heliod, Sun-Crowned · in 7% of 46 decks
  4. Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist · in 6% of 48 decks
  5. Phelddagrif · in 6% of 49 decks

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