Ground Rift
Ground Rift: Sorcery, Time Spiral. Target creature without flying can't block this turn. Storm. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Time Spiral (TSP)
- Released
- 2006-10-06
- Collector number
- 162
- Artist
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Commander rank
- 15,899 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Storm
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About Ground Rift
Ground Rift is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red sorcery from Time Spiral (TSP), an expansion set released in October 2006. It is collector number 162 in that set, with art by Thomas M. Baxa. It costs {R} (one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Time Spiral (2006) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Target creature without flying can't block this turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Some time rifts didn't take away the people but just the ground they stood on.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ground Rift by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Ground Rift
Ground Rift has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #TSP-162 | Common | 2024 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Ground Rift, newest first.
- The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
- Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.
- A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
- The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
- You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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