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If you have four or fewer cards in your hand when Ivory Tower's ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #shr328
Ivory Tower
ptc·#shr328·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Margaret Organ-Kean
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
May 1996
30 yr ago
Value
$2.49+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $2.49 · low $2.49
Volatility · stable
EUR€1.40USD$2.49
NM$2.49
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #5,765 · Niche pick
Variants
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
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 15 hours ago at $2.49, holding the same level over the trailing thirty days. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.40 and $2.49 across 35 observations — a stable band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PTC — the lineup includes 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 #shr328 of *Pro Tour Collector Set*, the set that shipped alongside the May 1996 Pro Tour Collector Set 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 #5,765 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.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Margaret Organ-Kean
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