Ascend on a permanent isn't a triggered ability and doesn't use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your tenth permanent, but they can't respond to you getting the city's blessing once you control that tenth permanent. This means that if your tenth permanent is a land you play, players can't respond before you get the city's blessing.
If you control ten permanents but don't control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of two, then cast Andúril, Narsil Reforged, you won't have the city's blessing.
Once you have the city's blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all your permanents. The city's blessing isn't a permanent itself and can't be removed by any effect.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LTC — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #535 of *Tales of Middle-earth Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2023 Tales of Middle-earth Commander release.
Card type: Legendary Artifact — Equipment, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Ascend and Equip.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #2,614 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Jason Rainville. Rarix catalogs 505 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Jason Rainville
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If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the "legend rule" or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city's blessing before it leaves the battlefield.
A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren't permanents.
