Empty City Ruse Price

Updated 2026-08-25

Empty City Ruse is an instant from Portal Three Kingdoms that taps all creatures a target player controls, offering a tempo play without requiring direct combat. The card draws its name from a famous stratagem attributed to Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where bluffing with an empty fortress caused a superior enemy force to retreat. Portal Three Kingdoms was released in East Asian markets as part of an introductory product line and has never been reprinted, leaving its original singles as the sole supply for collectors and players. The set's historical and cultural flavor commands a persistent collector premium, particularly for cards with strong narrative grounding. No recent price movement data is available, and the card trades primarily as a collector piece sought by players completing the Portal Three Kingdoms set rather than as a competitive or format staple.