Armored Ascension
Shadowmoor 2 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Plains you control and has flying.
"Why enchant feathers to make them sturdy when we can enchant shields to make them fly?"— Braenna, cobblesmith
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Armored Ascension was released in 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor set for Magic: The Gathering. Set in a world of perpetual twilight where the environment undergoes a shift between day and night, Shadowmoor emphasized themes of hybrid mana and aura-based enchantments. The card was designed to bolster white-aligned creatures, reflecting the set's mechanical focus on strengthening permanents through localized buffs that scale with the player's commitment to a specific color.
The artwork was commissioned from Matt Cavotta, a prominent illustrator during the game's mid-2000s era who also contributed significantly to the creative direction of the card game. Cavotta’s illustration style for this piece centers on the ethereal and transformative nature of the enchantment, visually representing the literal ascension of a creature encased in celestial, glowing armor. It was received as a functional, if situational, staple in limited formats, valued for its ability to turn modest creatures into significant offensive threats.
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