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◇ Catalog #269

Ivory Tower

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#269·uncommon·foil

Illus. Jason Chan

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,769 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.04

Nonfoil$0.04

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 VMA — 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 #269 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. 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 Jason Chan. Rarix catalogs 415 other cards credited to this artist.