Forbidding Watchtower
Urza's Legacy 140 • uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Collector number
- 140
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Brill
- Market price
- $0.44
What it does
This land enters tapped.
tap: Add white mana.
1 generic mana white mana: This land becomes a 1/5 white Soldier creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
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
Released in February 1999 as part of the Urza's Legacy expansion, Forbidding Watchtower represents the middle chapter of the Urza block in Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore the ongoing narrative of the artificer Urza and featured a cycle of man-lands—lands that could animate into creatures—which provided players with versatile strategic options. This cycle was a significant innovation in the game's mechanics, allowing for board presence without sacrificing precious deck slots for creatures.
The card's visual identity was crafted by artist Mark Brill, who captured the stoic and imposing nature of a defensive fortification. Brill's illustration emphasizes the structure's role as a sentinel, grounding it within the high-fantasy aesthetic that characterized the Urza block. While the card is a functional utility piece rather than a flagship rare, it remains a notable example of the era's focus on blending land utility with creature combat in a way that remains recognizable to long-time players.
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