MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #73

Throne of the High City

DIGITAL ONLY

pz2·#73·rare·foil

Illus. Titus Lunter

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '16

9 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,622 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.14

Nonfoil$0.14

Gameplay

Land

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.

A shining symbol of Paliano's true ruler—ambition.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 4

2016-08-23wotc

Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.

2016-08-23wotc

Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."

2016-08-23wotc

If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PZ2 — 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 #73 of *Treasure Chest*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2016 Treasure Chest release.

Card type: Land, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #4,622 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Titus Lunter. Rarix catalogs 626 other cards credited to this artist.