Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
~$5.88 low · ~$169.84 high
Multicolor. Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Final Fantasy #231 · Illustrated by Xui Ton
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Oracle text
Kefka, Court Mage
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Whenever Kefka enters or attacks, each player discards a card. Then you draw a card for each card type among cards discarded this way.
: Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice. Transform Kefka. Activate only as a sorcery.
4/5
Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
Flying
Whenever an opponent loses life during your turn, you draw that many cards.
5/7
The end draws near.
Format legality
All 6 printings of Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Final Fantasy fin #231· 2025mythic· Cardmarket €5.92 · €8.47 foil | mythic | $5.88 | $9.68 | €5.92€8.47 foil | |
Final Fantasy fin #322· 2025Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €28.82 · €84.69 foil | mythic | $40.37 | $92.22 | €28.82€84.69 foil | |
Final Fantasy fin #398· 2025Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €15.44 · €22.97 foil | mythic | $18.18 | $27.00 | €15.44€22.97 foil | |
Final Fantasy fin #496· 2025Extended Artmythic· Cardmarket €13.02 · €57.69 foil | mythic | $14.98 | $36.96 | €13.02€57.69 foil | |
Final Fantasy fin #543· 2025BorderlessSurge Foilmythic· Cardmarket €139.41 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $169.84 | €139.41 foil | |
Final Fantasy Promos pfin #231s· 2025Promomythic· Cardmarket €10.79 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $29.88 | €10.79 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2025
- Printings
- 6
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #2,874 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying, Transform
- Artists
- Xui Ton, Yoshitaka Amano, Rorubei
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Final Fantasy card (#231).
0231 · FIN · M · EN
- 0231Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- FINSet code for Final Fantasy
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (10)
2025-06-06
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.
2025-06-06
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.
2025-06-06
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.
2025-06-06
The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
2025-06-06
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.
2025-06-06
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.
2025-06-06
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.
2025-06-06
The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.
2025-06-06
In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Cecil, Dark Knight's color identity is black and white, since its front face is black and its back face has a white color indicator.
2025-06-06
If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Crystal Fragments, it will be exiled during the resolution of its second ability and remain in exile.
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