Ivory Tower
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 86z • uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 86z
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Irina Nordsol
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.
"Ringed by white stone, Terisia was a city of scholarship and knowledge, where magic promised a brighter future to a world devoured by artifice."— *The Antiquities War*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ivory Tower was originally introduced in the 1994 Antiquities expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed by Richard Garfield to represent a site of meditative study and resource preservation. The card quickly became infamous for its powerful ability to reward players for holding onto large hands of cards, which fundamentally shifted the tempo of early competitive play and eventually necessitated restrictions in tournament formats.
The version from The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts set features a stylized, artifact-themed border treatment that pays homage to the game's early aesthetic while situating the card within the narrative arc of the war between Urza and Mishra. This reprint was curated to celebrate the game's history during its 30th anniversary, maintaining the iconic original illustration by Quinton Hoover, whose evocative, classical style defined much of the game’s formative visual identity.
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