The Ruinous Powers: decklist, contents and value
A 100-card Commander precon from Warhammer 40,000 Commander, led by Abaddon the Despoiler and released October 2022. Everything the box shipped, and what it is worth today.
What this deck cost, and what it is worth
The singles in The Ruinous Powers are worth $212.69 today at TCGplayer market prices.
Wizards of the Coast published no suggested retail price for this deck. It stopped listing MSRPs in February 2019 and did not resume until November 2024, so there is no release price to compare these singles against — for anyone. So this page shows what the deck contains and what those cards are worth, and states no verdict on the purchase.
Card prices as of 2026-09-02.
Where the value sits
The single most valuable card in The Ruinous Powers is Bloodthirster, at $30.44 — 14% of everything the deck is worth. No single card carries this deck — its value is spread across the list.
By singles value it is the 19th most valuable of the 177 precon decks we price, and the 7th most valuable of the 8 decks in Warhammer 40,000 Commander.
This deck has been out of print for years, so shops no longer sell it at its release price. Whatever a sealed copy costs today has moved away from that figure — in one direction or the other — and the comparison above is about what the deck cost when it was on shelves, not what it costs now.
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The deck at a glance
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20As shipped: 100 cards, 38 lands (24 basic), 30 creatures, average mana value 4.31. Mana sources: 19 blue, 22 black, 20 red. No Game Changers and no mass land denial, so the deck sets no bracket floor. How brackets work →
The full The Ruinous Powers decklist
Every card the box shipped, in the printings it shipped them. Hover any name to see the card.
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Commander 1
- Abaddon the Despoiler
Creatures 29
- Aspiring Champion
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne
- Bloodthirster
- Chaos Defiler
- Chaos Terminator Lord
- Dark Apostle
- Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
- Great Unclean One
- Helbrute
- Herald of Slaanesh
- Heralds of Tzeentch
- Keeper of Secrets
- Khârn the Betrayer
- Knight Rampager
- Lord of Change
- Lucius the Eternal
- Magnus the Red
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
- Mutalith Vortex Beast
- Noise Marine
- Pink Horror
- Plague Drone
- Poxwalkers
- Seeker of Slaanesh
- Sloppity Bilepiper
- Tallyman of Nurgle
- Tzaangor Shaman
- Venomcrawler
Instants 10
- Bile Blight
- Bituminous Blast
- Blood for the Blood God!
- Brainstorm
- Chaos Mutation
- Chaos Warp
- Dark Ritual
- Kill! Maim! Burn!
- Nurgle's Conscription
- Reverberate
Sorceries 7
- Blasphemous Act
- Blight Grenade
- Decree of Pain
- Deny Reality
- Let the Galaxy Burn
- Mandate of Abaddon
- Past in Flames
Artifacts 10
- Assault Suit
- Chromatic Lantern
- Commander's Sphere
- Drach'Nyen
- Sol Ring
- Talisman of Creativity
- Talisman of Dominance
- Talisman of Indulgence
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Worn Powerstone
Enchantments 5
- Nurgle's Rot
- The Horus Heresy
- The Lost and the Damned
- The Ruinous Powers
- Warstorm Surge
Lands 38
- Barren Moor
- Command Tower
- Crumbling Necropolis
- Dismal Backwater
- Evolving Wilds
- Exotic Orchard
- Foreboding Ruins
- Forgotten Cave
- 8× Island
- Molten Slagheap
- 8× Mountain
- Path of Ancestry
- Sunken Hollow
- 8× Swamp
- Swiftwater Cliffs
- Temple of the False God
- Terramorphic Expanse
FAQ
What is The Ruinous Powers worth?
Its singles come to $212.69 at TCGplayer market prices. Wizards of the Coast published no suggested retail price for this deck. It stopped listing MSRPs in February 2019 and did not resume until November 2024, so there is no release price to compare these singles against — for anyone.
What comes in the The Ruinous Powers precon?
A 100-card Commander deck led by Abaddon the Despoiler, released October 2022 in Warhammer 40,000 Commander. The full decklist is on this page.