Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: Legendary Creature - Human Wizard, Final Fantasy. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue, black and red (UBR)
- Power / toughness
- 4/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 231
- Artist
- Xui Ton
- Keywords
- Flying, Transform
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue, black and red legendary creature from Final Fantasy (FIN), an expansion set released in June 2025. It is collector number 231 in that set, with art by Xui Ton. It costs {2}{U}{B}{R} (two generic, one blue, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue, black and red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever Kefka enters or attacks, each player discards a card. Then you draw a card for each card type among cards discarded this way.
{8}: Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice. Transform Kefka. Activate only as a sorcery.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.35 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #322 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #398 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #496 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #543 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy Promos (PFIN) #231s | Mythic | 2025 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin, newest first.
- Each face of a nonmodal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a nonmodal double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.
- A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
- Each nonmodal double-faced card in this release is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.
- The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
- The card types in Magic include artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types; Hero and Saga are subtypes, not card types.
- A token that is created as a copy of a double-faced permanent or a double-faced card in another zone is a double-faced token. It will have both the front face and back face of whatever object it's copying. If it's copying a double-faced permanent whose back face is up, the token will enter with its back face up. It can transform if instructed to do so.
- While resolving Kefka, Court Mage's last ability, the next opponent in turn order chooses a permanent they control, then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then each of the chosen permanents are sacrificed simultaneously.
- The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.
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