MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #158

Ivory Tower

DIGITAL ONLY

me1·#158·rare·foil

Illus. Margaret Organ-Kean

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '07

19 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,769 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.70

Nonfoil$0.70

Gameplay

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.

Valuing scholarship above all else, the inhabitants of the Ivory Tower reward those who sacrifice power for knowledge.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

If you have four or fewer cards in your hand when Ivory Tower's ability resolves, the ability has no effect.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME1 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil 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 #158 of *Masters Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2007 Masters Edition release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,769 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Margaret Organ-Kean. Rarix catalogs 86 other cards credited to this artist.