Impending Disaster

Impending Disaster card image

Impending Disaster: Enchantment, Urza's Legacy. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{R}
Mana value
2
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Urza's Legacy (ULG)
Released
1999-02-15
Collector number
82
Artist
Pete Venters
Commander rank
12,552 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

Build around this card with Grover

About Impending Disaster

Impending Disaster is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from Urza's Legacy (ULG), an expansion set released in February 1999. It is collector number 82 in that set, with art by Pete Venters. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Urza's Legacy (1999) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are seven or more lands on the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment and destroy all lands.

"The goblins are in charge of maintenance? Why not just set it on fire now and call it a day?" -Whip Tongue, viashino technician

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.19 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Impending Disaster by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Impending Disaster

Impending Disaster has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #ULG-82Rare2019

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Impending Disaster, newest first.

  • If this card is not on the battlefield at the times its ability resolves, then you can’t sacrifice it. However, you still destroy all lands.
  • This ability does not trigger at all if there are not seven lands on the battlefield at the beginning of upkeep. It checks this number again when it is going to resolve and does not do anything if the land count is below 7.
  • The ability is not optional.

Similar cards

Other enchantment cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these card lists

These card lists include Impending Disaster.

Explore Mana Grove